Skopje, 16 June 2023 (MIA) - President Stevo Pendarovski met Friday with the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, as part of the 2023 Prespa Forum Dialogue.

"President Pendarovski congratulated Milatović for being elected new president of Montenegro, and expressed confidence that North Macedonia and Montenegro will continue their traditional friendship and successful bilateral cooperation in the interest of the citizens of both countries for their progress and prosperity," the President's Office siad in a press release.

Interlocutors discussed Montenegro and North Macedonia's European perspective, political developments, and the economic and security challenges the region is facing.

Pendarovski and Milatović expressed their willingness to deepen communications and exchange experiences in terms of reforms for the transformation of societies and European integration process for EU membership as a common foreign policy goal. ssh/nn/