Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki had a meeting Friday with US Senator Jim Webb, member of the Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services.

Reaffirming the fact that Macedonia has met the NATO membership criteria and has been an important contributor to the Alliance's missions, Poposki asked Webb's support for the country to be soon invited to join the organization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on Saturday.

On Friday, Poposki also gave a lecture at the Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest and most prestigious think tanks, particularly in regard to the US foreign policy.