International Conference in Ohrid

Ohrid, June 29-30, 2009

 

On 29-30.06.2009 at the “Inex Gorica” hotel in Ohrid, the Directorate for Security of Classified Information organized the international conference on the “NSA Experiences from the Preparations and after Joining NATO”. The conference was attended by delegations of the National Security Authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Ukraine, led by their directors or deputy directors. The Conference was also attended by the deputy director of the NATO Office of Security from Brussels. From the Republic of Macedonia, along with the representatives of the Directorate as the host of the Conference, representatives of the registries for classified information of the Directorate for Security of Classified Information from a number of ministries from the country also participated in the conference, who are directly involved in the work with the classified information, thus being in close cooperation with the Directorate.

The aim of the international Conference was to intensify the extant and to establish close relations with the National Security Authorities of the countries with which the Republic of Macedonia has initiated or will initiate activities for entering into bilateral agreements on exchange and mutual protection of classified information. Furthermore, the aim of the Conference was once again to reiterate the commitments of the countries from the region and wider in Europe to common security policy and promotion of good will and cooperation through exchange of experiences on issues concerning all aspects of the security of classified information during the preparations and after joining NATO.

The general conclusion of all participants in the Conference was that the set goals were accomplished completely. That confirms once again the efforts of the Directorate aimed at promoting its bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the field of the security of classified information.

During the conference, on 29.06.2009, the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on mutual Protection of Classified Information was signed