Kwasniewski embarks on historic two-day official visit to Macedeonia

President Aleksander Kwasniewski began his first official two day visit to Macedonia yesterday. "We expect this visit to become a cornerstone in our journey to integration with the European Union and NATO," said the President of Macedonia, Boris Trajkowski, in a welcoming statement. Kwasniewski supported Macedonia's openness to the EU as well as to NATO and expressed his hope that during the next NATO meeting - to be held in Prague where new candidate countries will be welcomed - a gateway would also be opened in the future to Macedonia. "No country can be left alone on the platform, from which the "European train" is departing," said the Polish President. The visit, planned during a rather unfortunate time just after parliamentary elections in Macedonia, has a very rich program. The president is to meet with both the previous and those newly-chosen government officials. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A8) A.K.