Macedonia has achieved a lot of solid results to obtain positive progress report and a decision for launching of its EU accession talks at the Summit in June in spite of the political pressure it has been dealing with, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said.

He notified the country's accomplishments in the five key areas under Macedonia-EU High-Level Accession Dialogue (HLAD) and reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to advancing the good-neighbourly relations.

In regard to the relations with Bulgaria, Gruevski said Macedonia had presented numerous initiatives to Sofia. The bilateral communication with Greece is not at the desired level, the PM said, adding that Macedonia will stick to its positive approach towards building mutual confidence.

"Nobody more than Macedonia wishes for last obstacle standing on its road to the EU integration to be eliminated. I believe that HLAD and a launch of its (EU accession) negotiations will be an additional impetus to creating conditions for settling the name row with Greece, something to which Macedonia remains committed to," Gruevski said.