- Turkey remains Macedonia’s strongest supporter, Turkish Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan stresses in Skopje. He stated that Greece’s veto against Macedonia is damaging for NATO’s image. During his stay in Macedonia, Toptan met with President Crvenkovski. Crvenkovski and Toptan assessed that excellent political relations between two countries should be augmented with better economic relations.

Turkish parliament speaker also met with Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski, who expressed gratitude for Turkey’s principled support for Macedonia. Toptan also met with Macedonian Assembly Chairman Veljanoski on Monday and he addressed Macedonian Assembly.