SKOPJE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) ambassador to Skopje Samuel Zbogar voiced hope Thursday that the new government of Macedonia would start delivering on the sweeping reforms plan or so called Action Plan 3-6-9 within first three months.
While inspecting some EU-funded projects in Brvenica (northwest Macedonia), EU's top diplomat here noted that new government should meet citizens expectations.
According to him, a new hope and optimism have been visible since the formation of the new government among people in Macedonia and the EU.
Therefore, he said he believed that new government here would succeed in delivering things that would move the country towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev unveiled Wednesday the details of the draft plan to implement urgent priority reforms needed for the tiny Balkan country to make further progress towards integration in the key international institutions.
The main goal of the reforms plan which is expected to be implemented in 3-month, 6-month and 9-month terms is to bring Macedonia into the European Union and NATO.
Within three months, the government should complete the first reforms, which will provide arguments for the European Commission to remove the conditionality of the recommendation for Macedonia to start the EU accession talks, PM Zaev told reporters.
Macedonia has been an EU candidate country since 2005 and has already received eight recommendations, conditional mostly on the implementation of reforms in various sectors, to start the long-awaited accession talks.
