Fatmir Besimi, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, had a USAID-paid breakfast with journalist on Thursday at which he presented Macedonia’s EU agenda 2014. With reforms at home and with openness for dialogue with neighbors Macedonia is going to act during the six-month Greek Presidency of the EU that started on Wednesday.

Asked what Macedonia would do during the Greek Presidency, Minister Besimi said that first he was going to write a letter to Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos to wish him a happy new year and successful presidency. He said that it was during the previous Greek Presidency that the Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans was passed and added that Macedonia would retain its constructive approach and positive spirit in resolving problems with Greece and Bulgaria and would continue conducting reforms because, he said, they were Macedonia’s biggest argument.