- EU and NATO should declare whether Macedonia will join the international institutions in reasonable time period, urged Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki after the meeting he had with Belgian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders in Skopje. According to Poposki, “a strong political message addressed to Macedonia will be of great help”, and Reynders stressed that “Belgium got a clear message and expect to see Macedonia make progress in order to join EU and NATO in a given time period”.