Opening negotiations about Macedonia’s EU membership is going to create a positive climate of mutual trust necessary for permanent resolution of the remaining bilateral differences between our two countries, says the letter of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to his Greek counterpart Lucas Papademos.

In the run-up to the December summit of the European Council, Gruevski appeals to the Greek government to support the recommendation of the European Commission for opening negotiations and addresses the cases of the past in which opening talks for accession of a certain country to the EU has always resulted in encouraging conditions for overcoming the bilateral disputes between an EU member state and an EU candidate member state.