“Macedonian citizens should not be held hostage at EU summits, whether there is a date or not and the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania are the only hostages of an EU member state,” said the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Kovacevski at the press conference with Chancellor Scholz in the framework of the official visit in Macedonia adding that the realization of expectations as in the past depends only on 27 countries members to harmonize and decide on the start of the first intergovernmental conference.

“North Macedonia has done everything to start the first intergovernmental conference. 45% of our legislation is already harmonized with the EU legislation and if we compare the harmonizations by chapters then from the reports of the European institutions it is very clear that the Republic of North Macedonia has greater compliance in certain chapters, compared even with the countries, which have been negotiating for 10 years or more with the EU, which means that if it is a merit-based system during EU accession, North Macedonia deserves  the first intergovernmental conference 100% ,”said Kovacevski .

Prime Minister Kovacevski added that North Macedonia conducts negotiations with Bulgaria on the basis of principles, on the basis of European values ​​and in accordance with the provisions of the resolution adopted by the Assembly.

/Klara Ruci/