Gabriel Escobar arrives in Skopje to meet with Pendarovski and other officials

 

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Special Representative for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar is visiting Macedonia to meet with President of our southwestern neighbor Stevo Pendarovski and other officials, Sloboden pechat  newspaper.

The meetings in Skopje are expected to discuss current political events in the country and the region, as well as European integration and the Bulgarian blockade of Macedonia.

  Escobar recently addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives and called on Macedonia and Albania to start negotiations with the European Union before the end of the year.

"The strongest message the EU can send now is to start membership talks between  Macedonia and Albania before the end of this calendar year. "This will dispel the frustration of the region's population with European policies and stop the malicious influence of Russia and China, which are working against EU enlargement in the Western Balkans," Escobar said earlier.