Ministry of the Interior: Visit of the Minister from Northern Macedonia

English

On December 11, 2019, the Minister of the Interior, Bostjan Poklukar, hosted the Minister of Northern Macedonia, Oliver Spasovski, in Ljubljana. The two ministers agreed that the relations between the two countries were excellent and friendly. The delegations touched on the process of bringing Macedonia closer to Euro-Atlantic ties. Minister Poklukar expressed regret that the accession negotiations for the EU had not yet begun. A delegation from the interior ministry of Northern Macedonia also visited the largest border crossing at Obrežje, where he learned about the work of the Slovenian border police at the EU's external Schengen border. Border guards introduced to the guests how to perform border control at the entry terminal and the equipment they use to control passengers and traffic.

Slovenian

Minister za notranje zadeve Boštjan Poklukar je 11. decembra 2019, v Ljubljani gostil ministrskega kolega iz Severne Makedonije Oliverja Spasovskega. Uvodoma sta se ministra strinjala, da so odnosi med državama odlični in prijateljski. Delegaciji sta se dotaknili procesa približevanja Severne Makedonije evroatlantskim povezavam. Minister Poklukar je ob tem izrazil obžalovanje, da se pristopna pogajanja za vstop v EU še niso začela. Delegacija notranjega ministrstva Severne Makedonije je obiskala tudi največji mejni prehod Obrežje. Seznanila se je z delom slovenske mejne policije na zunanji schengenski meji EU. Mejni policisti so gostom predstavili način opravljanja mejnega nadzora na vstopnem terminalu in opremo, ki jo uporabljajo pri nadzoru potnikov in prometa.