Changed schedule: Siljanovska-Davkova will go to the UN General Assembly instead of Mickoski
According to the rotation, it is not her turn to participate in the General Assembly, but in coordination with the Government, the president will lead the Macedonian delegation, her cabinet confirmed. The delegation, according to the announcements, will also include First Vice Prime Minister Izet Majiti and Minister of Foreign Affairs Timcho Mutsunski.
The Macedonian authorities once again did not respect the established rotation for the presence of the highest state representatives at international events. Thus, this year the President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova will participate in the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, which will last until September 28, although according to the order, the Prime Minister of the country should be present there, in this case Hristijan Mickoski.
At the General Assembly, the delegation is usually headed by either the President of the State or the Prime Minister, and they rotate each year. Last year, the President Stevo Pendarovski participated in the 78th General Assembly, who addressed the General Debate. But this year the order was "broken".
Siljanovska-Davkova's office confirmed that she will go to New York.
- True, according to the rotation, it is not her turn to participate in the General Assembly. However, in coordination with the Government, the president will lead the Macedonian delegation - her office told "Sloboden Pechat".
The delegation, according to the announcements, will also include First Vice Prime Minister Izet Majiti and Minister of Foreign Affairs Timcho Mutsunski.
Otherwise, there are usually several ministers in the delegation depending on the topics that are on the agenda of the General Assembly, as well as the meetings that are organized on the margins of the Assembly.
That with the arrival of the new government, a new order was established in the rotation for participation in international events is confirmed by the last NATO summit held in Washington, in which the president was supposed to participate, but Prime Minister Mickoski and several ministers went there instead.
Siljanovska-Davkova after watching the opera "Nabucco" together in Sofia on Friday, in New York will have another chance to meet with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who according to their rotation is his turn to participate in the UN General Assembly. In addition to Radev, the Bulgarian delegation will include two ministers, one deputy minister, the ambassador to the UN and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presidential cabinet.
