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12/3/2021 11:10
Immediately after their arrival, the delegation of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, along with the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov met yesterday evening with Frédéric Mondoloni, director of the Directorate for Continental Europe and Nicolas Faye, Chief for Western Balkans.
The meeting took place within the context of preparations for the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the main focus of the meeting was on the priorities of the EU agenda, bilateral relations and French support for the breakthrough of the European file of North Macedonia.
The Deputy Prime Minister Dimitrov talked about the reform process for adopting European values and its achievements were noted in the Report by the European Commission in 2021, and emphasised that the deadlock of the process is seriously undermining the credibility of the EU in the entire region.
The French representatives stressed that North Macedonia has met all the conditions to enable the country to start accession negotiations and applauded the exception level of the country’s preparedness due to which the negotiations framework must be adopted without delay and schedule the first intergovernmental conference.
They also emphasised that North Macedonia is a credible partner to France and the EU in terms of Europeanisation of the region and the joint management of global challenges.
The interlocutors also talked about bilateral cooperation and discussed concrete projects in several areas, which will provide concrete support to the reform processes, and a more perceptible French presence and rapprochement of the people in the two countries.