- Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki met Thursday with European Parliament's rapporteur for Macedonia, Richard Howitt. Poposki informed Howitt about the results from the recent meeting of the High Level Accession Dialogue with the European Commission and reaffirmed the Macedonia's priority - immediate start of EU accession talks. It was jointly concluded that EU membership should not be used as an instrument and means for exerting pressure over aspiring candidate countries. According to the interlocutors, it is more useful energy to be focused on boosting communications and all kinds of cooperation.