A draft declaration reconfirming Macedonia’s strategic goal of NATO integration was provided in Parliament and to all parliamentary groups Tuesday by VMRO-DPMNE and BDI. Less than a month to the NATO summit in Chicago, the document calls for honoring the NATO principle of open doors and reminds that Macedonia met all conditions to become a NATO member state. The draft declaration also insists on honoring the Judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, on putting the region in the focus of the NATO enlargement and on receiving support from the member states in Chicago for Macedonia’s integration into the Alliance, Dnevnik reports.

According to the draft declaration, Macedonia’s NATO integration should be the principle political commitment of all political parties, social stakeholders and citizens, who have the power to influence with their actions the speed and quality of this process and therefore share a responsibility to contribute to it.

The document accentuates that maintaining good neighborly relations is vitally important for securing development in the region.