Skopje, 10 July 2023 (MIA) - Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski will head July 11-12 the North Macedonia delegation to the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The delegation includes Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska.

PM Kovachevski will take part at the meetings of heads of state and government of members of the North-Atlantic Council and partners Australia, Georgia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, as well as presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is also expected to take part, the Government said in a press release.

The NATO Summit will tackle the most urgent security challenges, with a focus on enhanced support for Ukraine and strengthening of the NATO-Ukraine ties by setting up the NATO-Ukraine Council. Leaders will also discuss the enhancement of defense capacities, new regional defense plans and strengthening of partnerships.

At the summit sidelines, Kovachevski is set to meet with Estonian and Greek counterparts, Kaja Kallas and Kyriakos Mitsotakis respectively. Ministers Osmani and Petrovska are also scheduled to hold informal meetings.

PM's wife Elena Kovachevska will also attend events within the Summit, including a visit to the center for children and women-refugees from the war in Ukraine and a meeting with Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska, reads the press release.

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