BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Hina) - Macedonia has announced that it is likely to submit its application for the European Union membership by the end of this year.
BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Hina) - Macedonia has announced that it is likely
to submit its application for the European Union membership by the
end of this year. #L#
"We are planning to announce the candidacy by the end of the year,"
Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva said in Brussels on
Monday after she met the EU Troika.
"Macedonia is making serious preparations for the EU membership,
and is expecting of Greece, which is currently holding the EU
presidency, to help in these bids," Minister Mitreva added.
Macedonia is one of five south-eastern European countries covered
by the Stabilisation and Association Process. Only Croatia and
Macedonia have so far concluded the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement with the EU. Brussels and Albania have opened
negotiations on it, while Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia/Montengro
are far from opening talks on the matter.
(hina) ms