-    Macedonia’s top priorities remain opening accession talks with the EU and joining NATO, in the attainment of which the country is strongly backed by the USA. This was agreed upon at the meeting between Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Philip Reeker, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, in Skopje Monday. Reeker is on a visit to Macedonia to attend the conference of the Adriatic Group set for Tuesday. The two officials also said that Croatia’s accession to the EU and the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina were the most significant events in the region recently that would reflect positively on the stability of the whole region and its European integration.