Press Release: Commissioner Patten to visit Skopje – European Union reacts to the crisis in former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia

The European Commissioner for External Relations, Mr Chris Patten, visited the capital of the former Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, on 2.4.01, together with EU's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr Javier Solana. During the visit they met President Trajkovski, members of the Government and leaders of opposition parties in the run-up to the signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which took place in Luxembourg on 9.4.01. FYROM was the first country of the region to agree a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union.

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