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Russia's Lavrov declares at security talks that his country's goals in Ukraine are unchanged

Dec. 02, 2023 04:08 AM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a blunt message to Western leaders Friday and declared at an international security conference that his government was not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine. “We aren’t seeing any...

Russia's foreign minister faces Western critics at security meeting and walks out after speech

Nov. 30, 2023 09:05 AM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov faced Western critics while attending international security talks Thursday in Northern Macedonia, where he blamed “NATO’s reckless expansion to the East” for war returning to Europe. Lavrov arrived in...

Top diplomats of Baltics and Ukraine to boycott OSCE talks over Russian foreign minister's presence

Nov. 28, 2023 11:13 AM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states and of Ukraine said Tuesday they will boycott a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe being held this week in North Macedonia, in objection to the participation of Russia’s foreign...

Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia

Nov. 27, 2023 17:35 PM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that he plans to travel to North Macedonia later this week to attend a conference, a trip that would mark his first visit to a NATO member country since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine. Russia is one of the 57 members...

NATO member N Macedonia to briefly lift flight ban in case Russia's Lavrov wants to attend meeting

Nov. 24, 2023 12:50 PM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — NATO member North Macedonia said Friday it would briefly lift a ban on flights from Russia next week, which would enable Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to attend an international conference in the country should he accept the invitation. A...

EU chief says investment plan for Western Balkan candidate members will require reforms

Oct. 30, 2023 12:19 PM EDT

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The European Commission’s top official said Monday that a decade-long investment package for Western Balkan countries seeking to join the bloc could vastly improve the region's economy but is conditioned on required reforms. EU Commission President...

Western Balkan heads of state press for swift approval of their European Union membership bids

Sep. 11, 2023 13:10 PM EDT

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The heads of state of six Western Balkan countries that are seeking to join the European Union met in North Macedonia on Monday and urged the bloc to accelerate its enlargement process, saying that would contribute to regional stability. A joint...