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Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Thursday said that the legislative process by which Romania ratifies the Accession Protocol of the Republic of North Macedonia to the North Atlantic Alliance will be concluded in the upcoming period.
She mentioned that during the talks with Zaev, the stage of bilateral co-operation was also approached and they have found progress has been made since the last meeting of the two prime ministers.
"We have discussed at the same time about the bilateral economic relations, which I believe should be improved, thus allowing us to make full use of the existing cooperation potential among our countries. It is obvious that trade is on an upwards trend and we have agreed on measures to boost our relations in the future as well. In this respect, we have agreed to organize a bilateral business forum by the end of this year, allowing for greater cooperation between companies in the two countries. We have also submitted the proposal to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of investments. We have agreed to organize new meetings of the Joint Committees already existing on the basis of bilateral agreements. (...) We would like to intensify the cooperation between the two countries in the cultural and educational field and I was delighted to learn that the Parliament of the Republic North Macedonia has the ratification of the agreement with Romania in this area on its agenda. I expressed the conviction that the entry into force of this agreement will create new opportunities and a more consistent and diversified support granted to the programs for the people belonging to our kindred minorities," Premier Dancila said.
The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday unanimously adopted the ratification bill of the Accession Protocol of the Republic of North Macedonia to the North Atlantic Treaty.
