Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska met late Wednesday with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the organization's head office in Paris.

Interlocutors agreed over Macedonia's excellent cooperation and partnership with the UNESCO, characterized by numerous projects in the field of culture, education, information society and environment, the Ministry of Culture said in a press release.

Minister Kanceska-Milevska referred to UNESCO's support in the organization of numerous events in Macedonia and voiced expectation that the institution would support the country's applications to the representative list for protection of intangible cultural heritage, the Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, as well as protection of transboundary biosphere reserve Ohrid-Prespa.

Kanceska-Milevska will address Thursday the 37. session of the UNESCO General Conference, held November 5-20 in Paris.