Macedonian Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski Friday met with Robert Serry, Director of NATO Crisis Management and Operations Directorate

Macedonian Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski Friday met with Robert Serry, Director of NATO Crisis Management and Operations Directorate. The current political and security situation in the country and the region, the process of implementation of the strategy for integrated border security and intensified regional co-operation in the sphere of defence and security whose leader is the Republic of Macedonia were reviewed at the meeting. Buckovski and Serry discussed the cooperation between the Macedonian Defence Ministry and NATO Advisory Team on strengthened tempo of reforms in the Macedonian defence. They assessed that significant progress was achieved in the sphere of defence reforms and that our country is before the entrance in the Alliance. "One of the political criteria for NATO integration is full Framework Agreement implementation," Serry said, adding that the result from the forthcoming referendum on territorial organisation, which represents an obligation from this agreement, could slow down the Euro-Atlantic integration.