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Austria–North Macedonia relations
Map indicating locations of Austria and North Macedonia

Austria

North Macedonia

Bilateral relations exist between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of North Macedonia.[1] Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 23 December 1994.[2] Austria maintains an embassy in Skopje, while North Macedonia maintains an embassy in Vienna.[3] Austria is an EU member and North Macedonia is an EU candidate.

Relations[edit]

Current Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria (Alexander Schallenberg) and North Macedonia (Bujar Osmani)

Austria, being a member state of the European Union, supports North Macedonia's efforts to join the organization.[1] It also supported North Macedonia during the country's visa liberalization process and the European Commission's positive decision in 2009 concerning the start of accession negotiations between the EU and North Macedonia.[1]

European Union[edit]

Austria joined the EU in 1995. North Macedonia is a candidate country for the EU.

NATO[edit]

While North Macedonia became a member of NATO in 2020, Austria has never been a member of NATO.

Resident diplomatic missions[edit]

  • Austria has an embassy in Skopje.
  • North Macedonia has an embassy in Vienna.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Macedonian Information Agency Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine PM Gruevski meets Austrian FM Spindelegger (in English)
  2. ^ Republic of Macedonia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Bilateral relations (in English)
  3. ^ "Embassies of Macedonia - Vienna". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

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