Skopje – Afrim Gashi, the President of the Assembly of North Macedonia, is set to undertake a working visit to the European Parliament in Brussels today. His agenda includes a meeting with Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament.
As reported by the Assembly’s press service, Gashi will also engage in discussions with Thomas Waitz, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for North Macedonia, and Thijs Reuten, the shadow rapporteur from the Social Democrat group.
On the following day, Gashi, along with a delegation of parliamentarians—comprising VMRO-DPMNE coordinator Nikola Micevski, SDSM coordinator Oliver Spasovski, VMRO’s deputy coordinator Merita Kolchi-Kodzadziku, DUI’s deputy coordinator Arbana Pasoli, ZNAM representative Pavle Arsoski, and the head of the Assembly’s Delegation to NATO, Dragan Kovački—will visit NATO headquarters at the invitation of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Department.
The itinerary includes a meeting with Boris Ruge, the acting Deputy Secretary General of NATO, as well as briefings with senior officials from NATO’s Political Affairs and Security Office and its Public Diplomacy Office.
The purpose of Gashi’s visits to these significant international institutions is to provide high-ranking officials of the European Parliament and NATO with up-to-date insights regarding the current political and social landscape in North Macedonia, particularly concerning the nation’s European integration efforts and its obligations as a NATO member.
Moreover, the delegation will gain insights into the perspectives and positions of their counterparts regarding current circumstances and future challenges facing the European Parliament and NATO, especially in relation to enlargement policy, expectations from EU candidate nations, and NATO’s viewpoints amidst ongoing regional and global security challenges. (November 18)
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