Skopje, 11 February 2025 (MIA) - President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova told journalists Tuesday she expects the country’s Euro-integration process to be unblocked and that a step forward has been made. The “Friends of the Western Balkans” group is active and there are “creative solutions in the sense that our path to clusters 2, 3 and 4 could open”, she said.

According to the President, the process doesn’t only depend on the country which, she said, “has shown unheard levels of cooperation in terms of the Euro-integrations.”

“I think we need to talk, to negotiate. Based on what I know, a step forward has been made. I met the Bulgarian President in Auschwitz as well. We have friendly dialogue and understanding. I expect direct meetings to discuss potential solutions. What is new and inspirational is that the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ group, which means our friends too, is active. I know that there are creative solutions, in the sense that our path to clusters 2, 3 and 4 could open. You know that we reached an Agreement on the Common Foreign and Security Policy. In fact, despite not being an EU member state we have a fully aligned common foreign and security policy and I think time is needed, as well as goodwill and good neighborliness. In good neighborliness, I cannot recognize mechanisms such as the veto and other similar threats,” the President told journalists.

Siljanovska-Davkova participated in the Global Women’s Breakfast 2025 event organized by the Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia to mark February 11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 

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