Opportunities don't arise by themselves in today's world of globalization. They should be created, which calls for innovative spirit and efforts for advancing of performances and possibilities. All of this has been the driving power of all key-policies implemented in Macedonia for the last few years, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Sunday in his address at the Vibrant Gujarat Investment Summit, taking place in Ahmedabad, India on January 11-13.

For the last few years Macedonia has paid special attention to providing a solid business climate, investing in infrastructure, supporting thorough reforms in the sphere of education, administration, innovations, technological development and rule of law, the PM said.

The presence of world political and economic leaders, many academicians, and experts is turning this gathering into an excellent forum for debating, sharing of knowledge, experiences and strengthening the mutual ties, Gruevski said.

Referring to Macedonia, he highlighted the country's sound economic results for the last few years, saying that they have been also recognized by renowned international institutions. In this respect he mentioned the World Bank Doing Business Report, which declared Macedonia the best in South-East Europe. The report ranked the country as the 30th best worldwide out of 189 economies. It also tops the list of lowest tax burden on the businesses, being the third in the world with respect to the time necessary to start business.

Many companies have already recognized these indicators and decided to invest in Macedonia, Gruevski said, inviting the summit's attendees to visit the country.

Warm hospitality is yet another characteristic that people of Macedonia and India have been sharing, as it is the case with the greatest humanitarian worldwide - Skopje-born Mother Teresa, Gruevski said.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the conference, which seeks to promote responsible sustainable development.

The Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit or VGGIS is a biennial summit organized by Gujarat state government in India to attract foreign investment for development of Gujarat. Based on the theme - Gujarat Going Global and aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit served as a platform to understand and explore business opportunities with the State of Gujarat.

The gathering is also an ideal convergence for other states and other countries to showcase their strengths, highlight business opportunities, facilitate knowledge dissemination etc. Furthermore, it provides an attractive opportunity to its participants to understand the potential of Gujarat in various sectors. Besides, it provides platform to interact with policy makers, industry leaders, and renowned academicians from all over the world.

For the first time the US, Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia and Singapore are partners of this event. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are also among the summit participants.