Zaev - Escobar: US-Northern Macedonia partnership and EU membership's very important for Skopje and Washington
Full US support for finding mutually acceptable answers to bilateral issues between the Republic of Northern Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria was emphasized at today's meeting of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Special Representative for the Western Balkans , Gabriel Escobar, who is on his first working visit to our country.
The partnership between the United States and Northern Macedonia and the country's membership in the EU are very important for Skopje and Washington, the government press service said in a statement on the meeting between Zaev and Escobar.
At the meeting, Zaev briefed the guest on the current political situation in the country, emphasizing that a stable continuity of strategic political commitments is ensured to support the processes for active participation of Northern Macedonia in NATO, to accelerate its EU integration, to deal with the pandemic. for economic growth, and especially for the current question of an adequate and efficient response to the energy crisis.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Special Representative for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar, who was accompanied by Ambassador Kate Marie Burns, said that his visit was aimed at emphasizing US support for These issues, as well as the partnership approach that the Republic of Northern Macedonia shows with the acceptance of the citizens of Afghanistan and the active role for substantial intensification of regional cooperation through the initiative "Open Balkans", reads the statement.
According to the Government, the full support of the United States for finding mutually acceptable answers to the bilateral issues between the Republic of Northern Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria was emphasized due to the fact that the future of Northern Macedonia is in the EU as an extremely important topic for the United States. participation in NATO and the ever-developing bilateral partnership between the two countries.
Source: MIA
