At his meeting with Macedonian ambassadors and consuls Thursday, President Gjorge Ivanov said that in 2015 the key role will be played by those of them serving in the neighboring countries and that time had come for turning a new leaf and for carrying out new tangible projects through regional cooperation.

At the annual meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Ivanov urged ambassadors to make more effort in attaining Macedonia's strategic foreign policy goals, including European and Euro-Atlantic integration, good-neighborly relations, regional cooperation, reinforcing present and creating new friendships and partnerships, and promoting economic and public diplomacy.

"Our diplomacy has to keep pace with the changing world. Only in 2014, we have witnessed tectonic changes on the political stage globally," Ivanov said.