Macedonian Chambers of Commerce (SSK) presented Monday the Government's team led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski with a strategy for faster economic development of the country, based on the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

"The SSK strategy, created in the past 18 months, promotes a new development direction through an innovation-based model, which creates higher added value, being the only proven model that enables fast and sustainable economic growth with high GDP growth rates", said SSK president Zlatko Kalenikov after today's business breakfast with PM Gruevski and Cabinet ministers.

Vice Premier for Economic Affairs Vladimir Pesevski said the Government would review the strategy, embracing everything that is acceptable.

According to him, dialogue with the business sector would continue, with some of their requirements to be implemented in the coming period.

Vice Premier and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski stressed the Government would maintain its tax policy, meaning maximum fiscal freedom and maximum economic freedom as basic principles of the economic policy.

He added that economic progress is possible only through high degree of economic freedom and equal conditions for all enterprises.