Skopje, 21 November 2023 (MIA) - President Stevo Pendarovski met Tuesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Talks focused on the overall cooperation with NATO within the country's full-fledged membership in the Alliance, as well as possibilities to promote cooperation, the country's foreign policy priorities and current regional security issues, as well as developments in the wider region in the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the developments in the Middle East. 

Pendarovski highlighted North Macedonia's readiness and commitment to actively contribute in the future, within its capacities, to promoting peace and stability in the region and beyond, as well as in dealing with traditional and new threats, the President's Office said in a press release.

In that direction, President Pendarovski welcomed the holding of the meeting with the leaders of NATO countries from the region in Skopje on Wednesday. 

He stressed, among other, that NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg's visit to the Western Balkan countries demonstrates yet again NATO's commitment to the region's stability and security, at a time of major security challenges in the wider context.  

Photo and video: Office of the President of the Republic of North Macedonia