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National Coordinator for NATO, Stevo Pendarovski, said today that on October 18th and 19th, the negotiation process for Macedonia's NATO membership officially begins, reports Tv Sgenja. The process must be completed in December. In January, the country will sign the protocol. Membership will take place after member states ratify the” protocol, Pendarovski said.

Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska said the start of NATO membership commitments is going parallel to the discussion being held in the Assembly on constitutional changes. These two processes will depend on one another. No one has the right to assume the hope created after the” invitation, Sekerinska said.

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has declared that we have already finally found our way. Greece opened the way. We took responsibility. The process is now in the hands of Parliament deputies”, Dimitrov stressed. Teuta Butch / HOLY/