Brussels – As a Authorities, we’re prepared for a substantive dialogue with Bulgaria, which ought to finish with overcoming the obstacles on our path to full membership within the European Union, whereas defending the pursuits of each nations, acknowledged right now in Brussels the Minister for European Affairs Orhan after the assembly with the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Coverage and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi.
– I knowledgeable Commissioner Varhelyi concerning the Authorities’s priorities, in addition to that the European integration of the Republic of North Macedonia is among the many key priorities of the nation. The European Commissioner knowledgeable me that the European Fee and the establishments of the European Union welcome the Authorities’s dedication, particularly within the velocity with which the reform agenda was processed and applied, which I personally take into account as one of many biggest achievements of the Authorities’s first hundred days, Murtazani informed MIA.
The assembly additionally mentioned the challenges and obstacles on the highway to the nation’s full membership within the European Union, together with constitutional modifications.
– What’s vital in the mean time is that the European Union stands firmly behind the Republic of North Macedonia to find a solution to overcome this dispute. I knowledgeable the Commissioner that as a Authorities we’re prepared for a substantive dialogue with our neighbor the Republic of Bulgaria, a dialogue which we consider is critical and which ought to finish with overcoming this downside, whereas defending the pursuits of each nations, Murtazani added.
Murtazani and Varhelyi additionally mentioned the implementation of the Western Balkans Development Plan, which additionally consists of funds for the nations of the area to strengthen financial capacities and implement focused reforms decided by the reform agenda.
– It’s a couple of reform agenda which first prepares our establishments and the state for full membership within the European Union, but additionally creates a sure dynamization, i.e., strengthening the financial capacities of the nation, emphasised the Minister for European Affairs.
He recalled that it’s a monetary framework of 750 million euros envisaged for the nation, of which 250 million within the type of grants and 500 million loans underneath favorable situations for the belief of particular tasks and for the implementation of the reforms.
– Contemplating that the reform agenda is presently awaiting approval from the European Fee, i.e., the IPA Committee, if that’s accomplished by the tip of the month, it stays for us within the Meeting to ratify the Mortgage Settlement and the Instrument for Development and Reforms, after which the primary tranche will observe. In line with our estimates, this might occur in October or early November, emphasised Murtazani. (September 4 )
