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Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Thursday met with Sulejman Tihic, Deputy Chairman of the House of Peoples of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament and leader of Party for Democratic Action.
Both interlocutors discussed relations and cooperation between two countries, which are characterised by friendly and identical positions related to international and regional cooperation with common strategic goal in meeting conditions for full-fledged membership in European and Euro-Atlantic structures, Government's press office reports.
Gruevski pointed out that Macedonia is ready to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and to help Bosnia and Herzegovina with its experiences in the process of European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
They exchanged opinions also on economic aspects of cooperation and concluded that effect of trade liberalisation in the period since adoption of free trade agreement shows tendency of increase of overall trade exchange.
Moreover it was agreed Macedonia to give adequate technical assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina through exchange of experience in the sphere of reforms for business climate improvement and the concept for attraction of foreign direct investments in technological industrial development zones, reads the press release.