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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
At NATO Summit in Lisbon this November Macedonia should according to
merit be invited to join the Alliance, which is an absolute priority and
lasting determination of the country's foreign policy, newly appointed
Ambassador to NATO Martin Trenevski said Thursday, presenting his
platform of diplomatic activities to the Parliamentary Committee on
Foreign Policy.
Macedonia is an exporter of peace, stability by
its direct participation in international peace missions, led by NATO,
EU and UN, Trenevski said.
Trenevski will pledge for Macedonia's
contribution to be objectively, seriously valorized.
- Our
achievements are much better that the ones of some countries that have
joined the Alliance. With its reforms, participation in peace missions
Macedonia has proven to be a loyal partner and ally of the international
community, contributing substantially to dealing with present most
serious challenges --international terrorism, drug, human
trafficking...Trenevski said.
NATO decision to not hand over a
membership invitation to Macedonia at Bucharest Summit has seriously
undermined the Alliance's reputation, Trenevski said. He considers that
the Bucharest Summit's decisions on Macedonia, based on the principles
of consensus and solidarity are absurd and untenable. Hence, Trenevski
says he intends to challenge these principles at NATO Headquarters in
Brussels.
- No democratic country cannot approve something that
under the political vocabulary may be defined as a political, economic
aggression of a NATO member against a non-member country. I will urge
for the Bucharest Summit's conclusion to be corrected and for (the
Alliance) to establish more fair attitude towards Macedonia as a
candidate country that has been contributing as much as it can to the
Alliance's goals and principles, Trenevski said.
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