Schroeder Says Macedonian Example Proves Importance of EU Enlargement

09/06/2005

BERLIN, Germany -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski in Berlin on Wednesday (8 June) and said he believes that Macedonia's example demonstrates the importance of the EU enlargement process to the stabilisation of the Balkans. Schroeder says enlargement is equally important to the EU itself. Buckovski visits Munich Thursday to meet with German business representatives and to seal a memorandum of understanding between Skopje and Siemens.

In other news, Macedonia submitted government guarantees Wednesday to The Hague tribunal, seeking the provisional release of former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski and former security official Johan Tarculovski. They are charged with war crimes stemming from the 2001 interethnic conflict in Macedonia. (Macedonian Government Web site, A1 TV, Telma TV, Vecer - 09/06/05; Macedonian Government Web site, A1 TV - 08/06/05)

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