GREAT DIPLOMATIC VICTORY FOR MACEDONIA

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH SYRIA UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL NAME

                                                                                                                                                                                                

The Republic of Macedonia and the Syrian Arab Republic established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level yesterday afternoon in New York, at the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly. 

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Milošoski and his Syrian Colleague, Walid al Muallem, signed the Joint Communiqué which, in compliance with UN protocol, will be further distributed to all member states. 

According to the Communiqué, the relations between the two countries will be developed based on the principles of mutual understanding, friendship, non-interference in domestic affairs, as well as recognizing the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the two countries. Moreover, this act opens wider possibilities for cooperation between Syria and Macedonia in all areas of mutual interest to the two countries. During their talks, the two Ministers announced the possibility for a bilateral visit to the Republic of Macedonia by the Syrian chief of diplomacy in the course of the following year.

The initiative for establishing diplomatic relations with official Damascus was launched in April 2007 during Minister Milošoski’s official visit to Syria. Syria is the 129th country which has officially recognized the constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia.

Ambassador of Republic of Macedonia in Romania -H.E Ljupco Arsovski