Macedonia in NATO - this was the topic of discussion at last week's meeting in Ottawa between Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Canadian Defense Minister Peter Gordon MacKay, who once again stressed Canada's support for Macedonia's aspirations for NATO membership.

This was Prime Minister Gruevski's second meeting with MacKay this year, Nova Makedonija notes. The first meeting was held at a conference in Munich. Inspired by Greece's veto against Macedonia's accession to NATO, MacKay stressed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would have to consider the possibility of changing the principle according to which new member states are admitted to NATO with a consensus. He proposed the principle - consensus minus one.

"Minister MacKay, as a big friend of Macedonia and one of the biggest supporters among the NATO defense ministers, confirmed this support, which we expect to continue," Gruevski said after the meeting.