Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski held Wednesday a meeting and working lunch with Slovenia's President Borut Pahor in Skopje.

Earlier, Gruevski and Pahor visited downtown Skopje and the Old Bazaar.

The interlocutors at the meeting concluded that Macedonia and Slovenia fostered excellent relations being characterized with friendship and a high-level dialogue.They pledged to further improve economic cooperation, boost trade exchange and cooperation in the field of investments.

Support was also voiced for realisation of Macedonia's strategic goals - full-fledged membership to the NATO and the European Union.

Gruevski and Pahor shared views on several other issues that are of interest for bilateral and multilateral cooperation.