President of the Republic of Macedonia Dr. Gjorge Ivanov received, to the farewell visit, Ambassador of the State of Israel, Yosef Amrani on 10 December 2013.

President Ivanov expressed his gratitude for the Ambassador's involvement in promoting relations between the two countries and wished him success in his future career.

The two interlocutors have expressed satisfaction with the high level of political relations and a positive trend in cooperation. The common conclusion is that in the future the two countries should focus on promoting economic cooperation.

"I think the priority in relations between the two countries in the upcoming period is to further promote the economic cooperation, cooperation in the fields of agriculture, trade promotion and increase of the Israeli investments in Macedonia," Ivanov said.

President Ivanov welcomed the role of the Jewish community in the country and expressed confidence that it will continue to play an active role in the development of the country, as well as to foster good relations between the two countries .

Furthermore, the satisfaction with the excellent cooperation between Macedonia and the State of Israel at the multilateral level, and the willingness to further deepen friendly relations was expressed at the meeting.

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