“Russia poses a danger to the stability of the Balkan region”, said the president of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, during his speech at the Economic Forum in Davos.

Pendarovski said that NATO and the EU should pay more attention to the region.

“There are two sensitive points in the region, the Republika Srpska and the north in the Republic of Kosovo, where there is an attempt to violate the integrity of these countries, so NATO and the European Union should pay attention to them. I am not worried if we will have transatlantic and pan-European unity and solidarity again this year, but I wonder if it will be preserved when the war in Ukraine ends, and this is the key for democracy to prevail over autocracy,” said Pendarovski.

Pendarovski said that Europe should have complete unity even after the war in Ukraine, where democracy should prevail for a better world.

“If democracies do not stand together, respecting the same values and fighting for them sometimes literally, then autocracies will prevail. We saw last year when the war started in Ukraine and before that in Belarus that the basic dilemma and struggle is between democracy or autocracy, that is, dictatorship as it is today in Russia. Therefore, we must have full unity and solidarity even after the war in Ukraine. We need a better world,” said Pendarovski.

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