ZAGREB, Oct 12 (Hina) - After the conclusion of Stabilisation and Association Agreements (SAA) with the European Union, Croatia and Macedonia will have to sign a bilateral treaty which will incorporate European standards, Macedonian
Deputy Premier Vasil Tupurkovski said in Zagreb on Thursday. Negotiations on the preparation on the deal were the main topic of Tupurkovski's visit to Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, the Macedonian official said after the talks. He also voiced satisfaction with his visit to Zagreb and "his old friend" Stipe Mesic. "This is about a treaty of the bilateral nature which will be based on European ideas and standards that are our obligations towards the SAA with the EU," Tupurkovski told reporters. He announced that his country would initial its SAA with the EU at the Zagreb meeting on 24 November, and expressed expectations that Croatia would soon do
ZAGREB, Oct 12 (Hina) - After the conclusion of Stabilisation and
Association Agreements (SAA) with the European Union, Croatia and
Macedonia will have to sign a bilateral treaty which will
incorporate European standards, Macedonian Deputy Premier Vasil
Tupurkovski said in Zagreb on Thursday.
Negotiations on the preparation on the deal were the main topic of
Tupurkovski's visit to Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, the
Macedonian official said after the talks.
He also voiced satisfaction with his visit to Zagreb and "his old
friend" Stipe Mesic.
"This is about a treaty of the bilateral nature which will be based
on European ideas and standards that are our obligations towards
the SAA with the EU," Tupurkovski told reporters.
He announced that his country would initial its SAA with the EU at
the Zagreb meeting on 24 November, and expressed expectations that
Croatia would soon do the same.
"After that, both countries will be bound to conclude a bilateral
convention on 'bilateral' European relations," he said adding that
he hopes the preparations for that bilateral deal would be
completed after the Zagreb summit.
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