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SUMMIT OF SEE HEAD OF
STATES IN OHRID
A Summit of Head of States of South East European countries, dedicated to
harmonization of the regional with EU policy on providing energy resources,
will kick off today in Ohrid.
Macedonian President is the host of the Summit entitled "Long-Term Energy
Stability - Precondition for Economic Development".
Presidents of Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and the President of the
BiH Presidency, will take part at the event, whose working part will begin
on Friday.
Due to busy schedule of the Bulgarian President, his Deputy will arrive in
Ohrid, while the Romanian President canceled the visit several days ago.
The Ohrid Summit is the third in the series, after the ones held in Drac in
Karagjorgjevo. It is envisaged as the first highest-level political summit
in the region dedicated to regional issues, members of the President's
Cabinet informed at today's press briefing.
The need of elaborating a joint strategy for long-term energy stability
gains importance in the context of international community's efforts to
promote different forms of improved energy efficiency as prerequisite for
economic growth and environment protection, it was said at the press
briefing.
The attendants of Ohrid's Summit are expected to come up with joint final
declaration, as well as to hold a series of bilateral meetings on the
sidelines of the event.
PROJECT FOR
PREQUALIFICATION OF ARM STAFF FOR CIVIC PROFESSIONS
A ceremony on the occasion of launching the Project for professional
prequalification of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of ARM for
civic jobs, will take place in Skopje today.
The project is realized in the frameworks of the FAN Programme, aimed at
returning of the military staff into the civic life.
"The project is executed under support of the Kingdom of Norway. Its goal is
to enable ARM members who are leaving ARM as a results of the ongoing
defense reforms to acquire skills and qualifications to help them get new
jobs in the civic structures", Defense Ministry's announcement says.
Liljana Steriova, the State Secretary with the Defense Ministry, Gjorgji
Martinovski, the President of "St. Cyril and Methodius" University, Milan
Kosevski, the manager of the FAN Project, Colonel Gjorgji Mitrinovski, as
well as the Norway's Ambassador to Macedonia, Carl Wibye, and
representatives of the Norwegian Defense Ministry are expected to attend the
event.
FM MILOSOSKI MEETS ITALIAN
COUNTERPART D'ALEMA
Italy will urge the European Commission to recommend giving Macedonia an
accession date in 2008, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema told
Wednesday his Macedonian colleague Antonio Milososki, reports MIA's special
correspondent from Rome.
D'Alema stated that Italy would provide support in Macedonia's EU
integration, but at the same time mentioned the difficulties in certain
countries regarding the European Constitution.
Pertaining to the NATO integration, the Italian FM said that Macedonia had
serioues chances for membership in 2008.
During the discussions, Minister Milososki asked D'Alema for facilitation of
the visa regime for Macedonian citizens.
FM Milososki resumes his visit to Italy on Thursday, meeting with President
of Italy's parliamentary delegation within NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Antonello Cabras and Italian Parliament Foreign Policy Committee Chairman
Umberto Ranieri. |
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NEWS
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US URGE TO CLOSE THE KOSOVO ISSUE BY
JUNE 2007, ROSEMARY DICARLO
USA urge the Kosovo issue to be finalised no later than June 2007, while in
the meantime, in the weeks to come, they will resume negotiations with
Security Council members sates, as well as with Serbia and Kosovo, stated
for BBC Rosemary DiCarlo, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of
European and Eurasian Affairs.
DiCarlo, participating in Contact Group's talks for Kosovo in London, failed
to answer whether an agreement had been reached on Kosovo's future status
over the course of the London meetings. Nevertheless, she confirmed that,
unlike Washington, Moscow officially refuses to back Martti Ahtisaari's
blueprint.
According to the US deputy secretary, no speculations are needed considering
Russia's reaction in the upcoming weeks, nor speculations on US' response to
that.
- It is instrumental that US would like to resume the negotiations in order
to settle the Kosovo issue as soon as possible and in a most appropriate
manner, stated DiCarlo, adding that "everybody should work for the future,
instead keep on dealing with Balkans' tragic past". |
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