"Start of the negotiations for membership between Macedonia and the EU will be one of the tasks of Slovenia's presidency of the EU," Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said in Skopje, at the joint press conference with Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. Repeating Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa's message, Rupel stressed that "a lot of hard work" lies ahead for Macedonia if it wants to achieve this objective.
Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said that the Slovenian authorities' statements regarding Macedonia's EU integration are not just an expression of support, but also a motive for Macedonia to double its efforts for completion of the initiated reforms.
