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Skopje – The only goal of my mandate is to assist the nation enter the EU as shortly as potential, acknowledged the brand new EU ambassador to North Macedonia, Mihalis Rokas, in an interview to MIA, which is his first interview since assuming his new responsibility within the nation final month.
Rokas says that EU membership has no various and that enlargement is the Union’s most profitable coverage. He says he understands the Authorities’s proposal for the delayed software of constitutional amendments, however emphasizes that accession is a course of based mostly on unanimity.
– Enlargement is a course of based mostly on unanimity, we’re all conscious of this Authorities proposal. My humble opinion is that it’s unlikely to be accepted, as I’ve defined earlier there’s a stance of the EU from the 27 member states on this regard. So, after all, it’s important to make sure that we’re conscious of this context. The choice on constitutional amendments is a sovereign choice of the Authorities and is essential, we’ve got huge respect for a way the Authorities desires to proceed additional and the options it desires to attain, however the course of is sort of clear, and it may be fast and may proceed in a short time and what I can reiterate is the entire dedication to EU accession, which incorporates North Macedonia, emphasizes Rokas.
Within the interview with MIA, EU ambassador Rokas additionally talks about judicial reforms, the suggestions of the Analysis Mission, the Western Balkans Development Plan, BRICS, and EU-China relations. (October 13)
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