Veles, 16 April 2024 (MIA) — Four years ago, the SDSM-led government succeeded in reaching an agreement with Greece and brought the country into NATO, a prerequisite for any economic development, President Stevo Pendarovski said at a reelection rally in Veles.

"For thirty years, no one had the courage, no one had enough knowledge and dedication to solve that problem, which the world's greatest diplomats thought was unsolvable. This political structure, which I also belong to, solved it and made Macedonia a member of the largest alliance. This way, Macedonia with its 1.8 million people is together with the world's largest and most developed superpowers," Pendarovski said.

He told his opponent from VMRO-DPMNE, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, that without the Prespa Agreement there would be no membership in NATO. Pendarovski said she had either underestimated the voters' intelligence or did not know what she was saying.

"Four years ago, this lady said in a TV show that the signatories of the Prespa Agreement should be criminally prosecuted, that they should be held criminally accountable. And now you say it is good we are a member of NATO. Well, madam, without Prespa there is no NATO," Pendarovski pointed out.

Earlier, Pendarovski held a rally in Chashka and Sveti Nikole, where he spoke about the benefits of the NATO membership and the beginning of negotiations with the EU.

"These elections are very important. We cannot allow the previous government to come back. We have reached good agreements, made peace and agreed with our neighbors. They want to renegotiate so we lose another 10-15 years. By then, these children we see here will have left Macedonia," Pendarovski said. mr/

Фото: МИА/Изборен штаб на Стево Пендаровски