Skopje, 12 November 2024 (MIA) - The decrees signed by President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova and published in the Official Gazette are part of the standard procedure that verifies the end of the ambassadors' four-year terms, in line with Article 44 of the Law on Foreign Affairs, said the President's Office on Tuesday.

Upon the publishing of the decrees, it adds, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will notify the ambassadors and start a procedure for their return to the country.

Earlier today, the President's Office said seven ambassadors have been recalled from their posts by decree of President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova. Under the decision, North Macedonia's Ambassador Dane Taleski has been recalled from NATO, Ambassador Dancho Markovski has been recalled from Albania, Ambassador Faton Bejta has been recalled from Denmark, Ambassador Sali Limani has been recalled from Kazakhstan, and Ambassador Shaban Jashari has been recalled from Qatar. The Permanent Representative of North Macedonia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Teuta Agai-Demjaha, as well as Ambassador to the Holly See, Vatican, Marija Efremova, have also been recalled from their posts. 

According to the decrees, Taleski's term within the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of North Macedonia to NATO, based in Brussels, ends on January 14, 2025, whereas the term of the other ambassadors ends on November 30, 2024.

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