US State Department: US welcomes the historic name agreement

The United States congratulates Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras and welcomes the historic agreement to resolve the name dispute. This resolution will benefit both countries and bolster regional security and prosperity. Prime Ministers Zaev and Tsipras demonstrated vision, courage, and persistence in their pursuit of a mutually acceptable solution, US State Department spokeswoman …

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Trump refuses to sign G-7 and calls Trudeau ‘weak and dishonest’

President Trump upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest and weak.” In a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets from aboard Air Force One as he flew away from the …

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Dimitrov and Kotzias to meet UN’s Nimetz on May 24-25 in New York

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on May 24-25 in New York will hold a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias with the UN special envoy, Matthew Nimetz, also in attendance, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The meeting was also announced in a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry around the same time …

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Pence discusses the name negotiations with Tsipras over the phone

US Vice President Mike Pence and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a phone conversation to discuss the negotiations aimed at settling the issue involving Macedonia’s name, according to the White House. “The Vice President encouraged Prime Minister Tsipras to continue working with Prime Minister Zaev on a mutually-acceptable agreement. Resolution of this issue would …

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Macedonia’s Ambassador to the US to be summoned for consultations over conduct

Macedonia’s Ambassador to the US, Vasko Naumovski will be summoned home for consultations over his conduct, i.e failure to attend meetings of Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska with high-ranking officials during her recent trip to the US. “Following an agreement with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Ambassador Naumovski will be summoned for consultations in the country followed …

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Trump threatens government shutdown if there is no funding for wall

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to shut down the federal government in September if Congress did not provide more funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico. “That wall has started, we have 1.6 billion (dollars),” Trump said at a campaign rally in Washington, Michigan. “We come up again on September 28th and …

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Sekerinska expects staunch US support of Macedonia’s accession to NATO

Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska expects staunch US support of Macedonia’s accession to NATO. Speaking Friday at a press briefing ahead of her visit to the United States, Sekersinska said that the settlement of Athens-Skopje name dispute was up to both parties. Commenting the statement of Greek FM Nikos Kotzias that the name dispute couldn’t be settled by …

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State Department: US supports Macedonia’s accession to EU and NATO

The US State Department has voiced strong support of Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic future, as the European Commission recommended for the country to commence the EU accession talks, MIA reported from Washington on Thursday. ‘We continue to work with the Macedonian government to tackle the myriad challenges facing Macedonia, including the need for reforms in the areas …

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USA to Moscow: No new sanctions for now

President Donald Trump’s administration has informed the Russian embassy in Washington that the United States has no immediate plans to impose new sanctions, Russian news agencies say, AAP reports. Relations between Moscow and Washington are in focus after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Russia in early April, triggering a massive sell-off on Russian …

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Sekerinska to meet U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis in Washington

Deputy PM and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska will hold an official meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, in Washington on May 1. The meeting is expected to affirm the strategic partnership between the Republic of Macedonia and the United States. The meeting is all the more significant because it takes place ahead …

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US, France, Britain launch new UN bid for Syria chemical weapons probe

Hours after striking Syria, the United States, France and Britain on Saturday launched a new bid at the United Nations to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The three allies circulated a joint draft resolution at the Security Council that also calls for unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid, enforcing a ceasefire and demands that Syria …

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Syria air strikes – US and allies have drawn a red line on chemical weapons

The US and its allies, France and Britain, have drawn a new red line on chemical weapons, but the Pentagon admits that capacity in that area still remains. The strikes also did not target the Bashar al-Assad regime’s use of, or access to conventional weapons. At a Pentagon briefing, director of the Joint Chiefs Lieutenant …

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Putin: US-led strikes on Syria ‘an act of aggression’

U.S., British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the biggest intervention yet in the conflict by Western powers, Reuters reports. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the military action from the White House, …

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