Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado buckovski, who is paying an official visit to Germany on invitation of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, will meet Thursday in Munich President of Bavarian Government Edmund Stoiber.
Afterwards, Buckovski will give a speech at a round table on Macedonia's integration with the EU. Representatives of German, Bavarian Governments, SEE Stability Pact, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and World Bank are expected to attend the meeting.
Buckovski will close his visit to Germany with signing of a cooperation memo between the Macedonian Government and German conglomerate "Siemens".
There are no political problems between Macedonia and Germany, which is Macedonia's top partner, particularly in the economic and development polices that impose boosting of the economic cooperation, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Wednesday after meeting Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski.
Buckovski-Schroeder meeting was focused on the bilateral relations, developments in Europe and the region.
The Macedonian-German cooperation has been already defined by concrete projects in military, energy and telecommunications spheres, Schroeder said.
Schroeder, at a news briefing with Buckovski, said the example of Macedonian stability was closely linked to its prospects for membership in European Union and NATO.
He attacked "populists" for seeking to destroy the European Union with a bid to prevent the bloc's enlargement in the western Balkans.
"PM Buckovski has made huge efforts to conduct successful reforms in his country and these reforms are now showing very significant results. Macedonia's example without any doubt may show that the region's stability is linked with its European perspectives," Schroeder said.
He warned that ending these perspectives would fuel instability in the region, and accused EU skeptics using the rejection of EU constitution by French and Dutch voters in a bid to wreck the entire Union.
"The perspectives of Macedonia for accession to the EU and NATO are enjoying Germany's full support," Schroeder said.
It is a privilege for Macedonia to have Germany as an ally, Buckovski said, adding that a continuation of the EU and NATO enlargement processes is crucial for the Balkan stabilization.
"Instability is much more expensive," said Schroeder in reply to a reporter who asked how enlargement into the region could be funded, adding: "You would be amazed if I told you how much the current situation in the Balkans with European soldiers costs."
The Chancellor praised Macedonia for being an example of multiethnic - multicultural society and a frontrunner of prosperous countries in the region.
Today, Buckovski also had a meeting with the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) leader, Angela Merkel, focused on developments in the Balkan region and the European Union after the French and Dutch rejection of EU constitution.
Referring to the region's developments, Buckovski said that Macedonia was playing a leading role in the regional cooperation, pointing out the progress of defense reforms of the Adriatic Charter signatory countries.
NATO membership is significant for the region's stability, Merkel said.