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2/1/2019 14:49
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, who pays a working visit to the Republic of Finland, had a meeting with Nina Nurkala, special advisor on European affairs to the Prime Minister Juha Sipillia, as well as with the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by the State Secretary, Samuli Virtanen. During the visit to Finland, Osmani also visited the Finnish Parliament, where he had a meeting with the delegation of the Committee on European Affairs, led by the Chairman, Arthon Satonen.
"We are witnessing probably the most turbulent period for the European continent since the second world war. Brexit, the wave of populism, radicalism and extremism, hybrid threats, as well as the pressure of migration as challenges will culminate this year, especially regarding the political turbulences which occur right before the forthcoming European elections", stated the interlocutors, pointing out the struggle for the European idea as an important factor to preserve and keep the stability and the prosperity of the continent.
"Our aim is to be part of the European idea, building stable and functional multi-ethnic democracy, which rests on European values of rule of law, freedom, equality and solidarity" stated Osmani at the meeting, pointing to the interlocutors that they can count on Macedonia as stable and important factor for holding peace and stability on the Balkans.
Within the visit they opened the issues on bilateral cooperation within the institutions of both countries, parliaments, as well as programmes to exchange experiences, bilateral assistance and challenges on the allocation of the IPA funds.
Earlier Osmani had a meeting with the host, the Minister of European Affairs, Samo Terho, on which they opened the topics of the Union's enlargement process on the Western Balkans countries, as well as the Euro-Atlantic perspectives of Macedonia.
At the margins of the meeting, Osmani had the opportunity to visit the so-called European Centre of Excellence, dedicated to combating modern hybrid threats, operating under the auspices of the European Union and NATO, located in Helsinki.