Bulgarian Parliament ratifies North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

The Bulgarian Parliament with 140 unanimous votes ratified North Macedonia’s Accession Protocol to NATO at plenary session on Wednesday. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who pays official visit to Bulgaria, attended the session. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva addressed the session saying that the North Macedonia’s joining to NATO is historic moment for the …

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Bulgaria to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Wednesday

Nieghbouring Bulgaria will be the fourth NATO member state to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. The Bulgarian Parliament will hold a plenary session on Wednesday. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi is expected to attend the session. The Bulgarian Parliament’s Defense Committee endorsed the accession protocol last week. Committee chair Konstantin Popov said North Macedonia …

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Montenegro will ratify NATO Accession Protocol by emergency procedure

The Government of Montenegro passed the Proposal of the Law on the ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol,  to be sent to the Parliament for adoption by emergency procedure. “At its first session after the entry into force of the Prespa Agreement, the Government of Montenegro passed the Proposal of the Law on the …

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Albanian parliament ratifies Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

The Albanian parliament ratified North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Thursday. The plenary session began with a minute of silence for the victims of yesterday’s bus accident at the Skopje-Tetovo motorway. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and Ambassador Danco Markovski attended the session. Speaker Gramoz Ruci expressed satisfaction that the Albanian parliament is among …

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Albanian Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee supports Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

Foreign Policy Committee of the Albanian Parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved the protocol for Macedonia’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO. “In a broad consensual atmosphere, members of the ruling majority and the opposition green-lighted the accession of a neighbouring and friendly Republic of North Macedonia to NATO,” Albanian media reported. On Monday, …

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Slovenia ratifies Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

The Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at Tuesday’s extraordinary session. By this, Slovenia becomes the second NATO member state followed by Greece that ratified NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who is on an official visit to Slovenia, addressed the Slovenian Parliament. He thanked on behalf of the …

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Zidan: Slovenia will be the second country to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

Slovenian Parliament Speaker Dejan Zidan congratulated Monday to his visiting colleague from Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi, on the adoption of constitutional amendments and Greece’s ratification of the NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia is a positive example that with a political will even the most complex disputes may be peacefully resolved, Zidan said. Slovenia is a strong supporter …

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Albania will ratify Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Thursday

The Law Commission of the Albanian Parliament voted unanimously on the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia to the North Atlantic Alliance. With full consensus, opposition and majority members voted for the Protocol, which paves the way for Macedonia to join the Alliance as the 30th member. This approval gives the green light to the Albanian Parliament, …

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Ruci: Albania will probably ratify Macedonia’s NATO Accession protocol on Thursday

Albania’s Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruci has told Macedonian Ambassador Danco Markovski that the NATO Accession Protocol would be ratified very soon. “The first possible date for the ratification is during the next parliament session on Thursday,” said Ruci and added that the government has already passed the decision. Ruci and Markovski discussed the NATO Accession …

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Macedonia’s accession protocol to NATO to be discussed in Athens today

Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Greek Parliament is to begin debate “the ratification of protocol for the Republic of North Macedonia’s accession to NATO” on Thursday at 13h. Greek MPs will continue the debate on the accession protocol in a plenary session and with a vote on Friday. The draft …

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Macedonia at the table with the most powerful countries

Macedonia finally accomplished what it had been waiting for these past three decades. “Meeting with history” was the perfect announcement by the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov for yesterday’s ceremony in Brussels, where at the NATO headquarters the ambassadors of 29 member states of the Alliance signed the protocol for Macedonia’s accession to the military …

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Hahn: Signing the accession protocol is a contribution to peace and stability in the Western Balkans

 EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has welcomed the signature of the NATO Accession Protocol with Macedonia. “Congrats! A contribution to peace and stability in the Western Balkans and beyond!,” Hahn tweeted on Wednesday. The German Federal Foreign Office has welcomed Wednesday the signing of the Accession Protocol between NATO and Macedonia, calling …

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Ivanov welcomes the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov welcomes Macedonia’s signing of the Accession Protocol with NATO, as has always been supportive of the country’s strategic goals, reads the press release from his Cabinet. “The Macedonian President believes it is unfortunate that today’s signing of the Protocol was preceded by an agreement that changes the constitutional name of the Republic of …

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Zaev after the NATO Accession Protocol signing: This is a historic day

This is a great, historic day for all our citizens. Today, the world’s largest security alliance, NATO, has welcomed us. We sat down at the same table, shoulder to shoulder, with our allies, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote on his Facebook page after the Alliance signed the Accession Protocol with Macedonia. “We’re happy, and rightfully …

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Greek Parliament to vote on Macedonia’s NATO accession on Friday

The Greek Parliament will vote on the protocol that paves the way for the Republic of Macedonia’s accession to NATO under the name “Republic of North Macedonia,” as agreed with the Prespa Agreement signed by both countries. Greece’s Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Tuesday said the accession protocol would be presented to a special parliamentary …

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Stoltenberg expects all 29 member states to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday in Bucharest that he expects all 29 Allies to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. At the joint press conference with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Stoltenberg expressed expectations that all 29 Allies will sign the Accession Protocol soon and then Skopje will take part in NATO meetings as …

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Bulgarian Government approves Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

The Government of Bulgaria at its regular session on Wednesday approved the signing of Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. By this decision, the Government in Sofia authorized the representative of the Permanent Delegation of Bulgaria to NATO to sign the accession protocol. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced earlier this week that signing of Macedonia’s NATO …

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Dimitrov: Macedonia will sign the NATO Accession Protocol during this or next week

Macedonia will sign the NATO Accession Protocol this week or during next week and will sit in its North-Atlantic Council chair as soon as the protocol is ratified in the Greek parliament, says Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “The NATO protocol should be signed this week or the beginning of next one. Afterwards, it should …

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