NATO's secretary-general commended North Macedonia on Monday for making the...
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pose during a family photo in Skopje, North Macedonia June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
SKOPJE - NATO’s secretary-general commended North Macedonia on Monday for making the reforms necessary to join the transatlantic military alliance next year. “We are ready to welcome you,” Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. NATO members signed an accord in February allowing the ex-Yugoslav republic to become the 30th member of the U.S.-led group after a deal with Greece ended a long dispute over its name. The ratification process normally takes a year.
“It is important to commend North Macedonia for the reforms you have implemented,” Stoltenberg added.Three other ex-Yugoslav republics - Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro - have already joined NATO, as have other countries in the Balkan region including Albania, Bulgaria and Romania.The European Commission formally recommended last week that North Macedonia should start negotiations to join the bloc.
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