The gradual development in the bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Macedonia in a number of areas was one of the main characteristics of 2011. Macedonian leaders expressed confidence many times that the potential of the Russian-Macedonian cooperation would continue to be realized in the interest of both nations, says the Russian agency ITAR-TASS in its recently published analysis.

Oleg Shcherbak, Russian Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, explained that the commercial and economic ties between the two countries represent some of the most important components of the bilateral relations on the whole.

“At the moment, the political leadership and the business circles both in Russia and Macedonia are turned towards an all-encompassing development of exactly these ties between the two countries, which is also confirmed by the dynamic growth of trade,” he told ITAR-TASS.