Wednesday, 28 July 2010
meeting of the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski and Mr. Ilir Meta-Vice Prime Minister and Minister on Foreign Affair of the Republic of albania
The President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski had a meeting with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Ilir Meta, during his official visit of the Republic of Macedonia.
The President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski expressed his appreciation of the present high level of bilateral relations and underlined that both countries will share the fundamental European principles of regional cooperation and that in the future they will continue to cooperate in the framework of the Euro-integrative processes. The President, Mr. Veljanoski underlined the intensive parliamentary cooperation on every level and expressed gratitude to the Republic of Albania for its support towards our country for the integration in NATO and expressed hope that we will find a solution with the Republic of Greece as soon as possible, and that this will be a mutually acceptable solution which will satisfy both sides. Mr. Veljanoski stated that he hoped that the whole region would be part of the European family.
The Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Ilir Meta expressing his gratitude for the warm welcome in the Republic of Macedonia, expressed satisfaction from the development of the relations between the two states and hope that they will continue the intensive development.
The Minister, Mr. Meta stated that the Republic of Macedonia deserves to be a Member State of NATO, because it fulfils the conditions and expressed hope that this will happen in near future. He especially emphasised the importance of the construction of Corridor 8 as well as the cross border cooperation through the opening of new border crossings which will have a significant role in the fight against crime, illegal trade and development of the economic cooperation. He expressed gratitude to the Republic of Macedonia for the acknowledgement of Kosovo and the demarcation of the border and expressed the preparedness of the Republic of Albania to develop the friendly relations with the countries from the Region.