{"id":1345,"date":"2023-02-07T17:40:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delegazioneosce.esteri.it\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:35:45","slug":"visit-of-amb-stefano-baldi-to-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delegazioneosce.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2023\/02\/visit-of-amb-stefano-baldi-to-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of Amb. Stefano Baldi to North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_x_x_elementToProof x_x_x_ContentPasted0\">\n<p class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted0\"><span class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\">The Representatives to the OSCE of the France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and United States visited North Macedonia on 6 February as part of a regional tour of the Western Balkans.\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted0\"><span class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\">In Skopje, Ambassador Stefano Baldi (Italy), Ambassador Gesa Braeutigam (Germany), Ambassador Neil Bush (United Kingdom), Ambassador Michael Carpenter (United States), and Ambassador Christine Fages (France) participated in the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.osce.org\/chairpersonship\/537047. 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problem.\u202f <\/span><span class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\">Separately, they consulted with senior government leaders to discuss the important role of the OSCE amid the current unprecedented challenges to regional security stemming from Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine.\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted0\"><span class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\">In meetings with President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Dimitar Kova\u010devski, Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska, and 2023 OSCE Chair-in-Office and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, they discussed close cooperation with the government and people of North Macedonia in countering Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and efforts to wield malign influence in the Western Balkans.\u202f The ambassadors underscored that the OSCE can play a crucial role in helping North Macedonia achieve its reform objectives, implement its OSCE commitments, build resilience against security challenges, and energize peace processes to resolve protracted conflicts in the region.\u202f Reaffirming the values that unite the partnership, the ambassadors said, \u201cNorth Macedonia is an outstanding ally and a vibrant multiethnic democracy that has made great strides in recent years to advance its EU and Euro-Atlantic integration and is therefore well placed to chair the OSCE at this critical time for European security.\u00a0\u00a0We fully support the agenda of North Macedonia\u2019s OSCE Chairpersonship to advance peace, prosperity, and human rights for the benefit of the one billion citizens of the OSCE region.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_x_elementToProof\">\n<div id=\"x_x_x_Signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_x_x_ContentPasted1\">The leadership of the OSCE Mission to Skopje briefed the group on the Mission\u2019s ongoing activities and projects in partnership with the government and people of North Macedonia.\u202f The ambassadors also met with a wide 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