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MACEDONIAN DIPLOMATIC BULLETIN No. 62 - missions.gov.mk

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Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of<br />

Macedonia, participated in the 10th UNESCO<br />

Regional Summit of Heads of State of Southeast<br />

Europe entitled “Religious and Cultural Historical<br />

Heritage as a Foundation for more Intensive<br />

Cooperation among States,” within the framework<br />

of the forum “Dialogue Among Civilizations.” In the<br />

course of the summit, President Ivanov had bilateral<br />

meetings with Bakir Izetbe<strong>gov</strong>ić, Chairman of the<br />

Presidency of Bosnia and Herze<strong>gov</strong>ina, and Filip<br />

Vujanović, President of Montenegro. During his<br />

visit to Mostar, he also laid flowers at the monument<br />

to former Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski<br />

at Rotimlje.<br />

10<br />

<strong>MACEDONIAN</strong> WINE PROMOTED IN USA<br />

A promotion of Macedonian wines took place at the Embassy<br />

of the Republic of Macedonia in Washington, DC on 30 May,<br />

organized by the Embassy in cooperation with the Agency for<br />

Foreign Investments and Export Promotion of the Republic of<br />

Macedonia and the USAID Investment Development and Export<br />

Advancement Support (IDEAS) and AgBiz projects.<br />

A number of Macedonian wines of the Macedonian wineries<br />

Tikves, Dudin, Dalvina, Stobi, Kamnik, Popova Kula and Bovin<br />

were promoted before US importers, distributors and enologists.<br />

This was the first organized presentation of Macedonian wines<br />

in Washington, DC.<br />

<strong>MACEDONIAN</strong> INVESTMENT<br />

FORUM HELD IN BUDAPEST<br />

The Macedonian Investment Forum was held at CEU (Central<br />

European University) Business School in Budapest on 25 June,<br />

organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in<br />

Hungary and EuCham CEE. The goal of the Forum, attended by<br />

representatives of more than 80 companies from Hungary and<br />

Central Europe, was presenting the investment climate of the<br />

Republic of Macedonia and the possibilities for investment in a<br />

number of sectors.<br />

Darko Angelov, Macedonian Ambassador to Hungary, opened<br />

the Forum presenting the most important macroeconomic<br />

parameters of the country and the principle features of its business<br />

environment, while Viktor Mizo, Director of the Directorate for<br />

Technological Industrial Development Zones, gave an overview<br />

<strong>MACEDONIAN</strong> <strong>DIPLOMATIC</strong> <strong>BULLETIN</strong> <strong>No</strong>. <strong>62</strong> – 2012<br />

REGIONAL SUMMIT IN MOSTAR<br />

of the investment climate and opportunities for investment in<br />

the Republic of Macedonia. The measures of the Macedonian<br />

Government for attracting foreign investments and the potential<br />

for export of Macedonian products to Hungary and Central Europe<br />

were emphasized at the presentation.<br />

AMBASSADOR NANO RUZIN AWARDED<br />

With a Decree of the President of the French Republic, Nano<br />

Ruzin, former Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to NATO,<br />

was presented the highest French award, Chevalier de la Legion<br />

d’honneur, for his contribution to bringing the two countries and<br />

nations closer together. He was presented the award by Jean-Claude<br />

Schlumberger, French Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia.

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