The European Union should not forget about Macedonia although this time round at the ministerial meeting the country will not be given either a conclusion or a date for negotiations regardless of the fact that the proposals is on the agenda. This appeal was voiced Tuesday by EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule at the meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC) in Luxembourg. He said in his elaboration that although the subject was setting Serbia a date for launching membership negotiations, Macedonia should not be forgotten in the future. A similar message also came from Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin, who informed his counterparts that during his visit to Macedonia he saw a positive atmosphere as far as good neighborly relations and carrying out European membership reforms were concerned.

“I believe that relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia are warming up and I expect this to bring about positive change in the future and so we should not forget about this country in the future,” Bulgarian Minister Vigenin said.

According to MIA, Fule and Vigenin were the only ones to mention Macedonia as all the rest spoke about Serbia and the possibility of setting this country a date for opening accession talks.