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On Friday, PM Viorica Dancila was welcomed by the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, on the last day of her official visit in Skopje, was welcomed on Friday by the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, the two officials agreeing to pursue the demarches for consolidating the bilateral dialogue, on the topic of economic cooperation included, where there is great potential, reads a press release of the Gov't .
At the same time, premier Dancila voiced congratulations for the progress achieved in the European and Euro-Atlantic integration processes, major cross-party foreign policy objectives of the Republic of Macedonia.
Viorica Dancila also highlighted the importance that the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU will grant the pursuit of the EU's enlargement policy. She furthermore mentioned the need for all political forces to assume a constructive role in adopting and implementing reforms in the Republic of Macedonia so as to be able to use the opportunity provided through the last conclusions of the Council of the EU, respectively to fulfill the conditionalities necessary to the kick-off of the accession negotiations at the end of the first semester of 2019.
According to the Executive, Dancila reminded Romania's availability in granting assistance to Macedonia in the EU negotiation process and NATO accession, given our country's experience with these demarches.
During the press conference held alongside Government head of the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev,the Romanian prime minister reiterated our country's support for the Western Balkans region.
"I would like to assure you of our support, I would like to assure you of our desire to cooperate the best way possible from a regional point of view, our backing for the Western Balkans during Romania's Presidency of the Council of the EU and I wish you every success in the reforms you have kicked off but also in the pro-European and pro-Atlantic process," Dancila said.
She also voiced her conviction that there are major possibilities for the two states' cooperation in agriculture, education, culture and tourism.
"We reviewed bilateral relations and found there is potential in various sectors to strengthen these sectoral relations. We agreed for the responsible ministers to meet and look at ways to improve the potential for cooperation between the Republic of Macedonia and Romania. I am convinced that there are major cooperation possibilities in agriculture, education, culture, tourism, and I think that to this end we should organize an economic forum, as well as working groups to help improve cooperation between the two countries," Dancila on Friday told a joint press conference with her Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, as shows video footage posted on the government's Facebook page.
Once again, the Romanian press noticed that while visiting Macedonia on Friday, PM Viorica Dancila has made new more mistakes, stating that she is the first prime minister who visits the Republic of Macedonia, but also that the citizens of this country are “Macedon”, instead of “Macedonian”.
“It is a great pleasure for me to be in Skopje today as the first prime minister visiting the Republic of Macedonia“, said Viorica Dancila at the beginning of the joint statement with her Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev . A glass broke at that moment, which made Dancila stop her speech for some moments.
The first prime minister having visited the Republic of Macedonia was Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, who visited the country in May, 1999. The last visit paid by a premier in the Republic of Macedonia was also a British one, namely Theresa May, on May 17, 2018.
In fact, after Macedonia declared its independence in 1991, no less than 24 prime ministers visited that country.
At the same time, during the visit to Skopje, Dancila made another mistake, saying “Macedon” instead of “Macedonian”.
She also stated that Aromanians are citizens, instead of ethnic of Macedonian nationality, when she referred to the Aromanian communities from the Republic of Macedonia and to the Macedonians from Romania