The President of Bulgaria and Macedonia Georgi Parvanov and Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia agreed in Skopje to set up a telephone hot line, to be used not just for exchange of information but also for deciding joint action. " The fact that Macedonia is the first Balkan country Bulgaria’s President visits is a proof of the high degree of friendship and understanding between the two countries," Trajkovski said. Parvanov and Trajkovski agreed that work has to be stepped up on the construction of the 400 kV power line and that the sides should promote the creation of joint ventures. The two countries’ interior ministers, Georgi Petkanov and Ljube Bozkovski, signed an agreement on cooperation in combatting terrorism, organized crime, illegal trafficking in drugs and precursors, illegal migration and other crimes, and an accord on training and qualification of officials of the Macedonian Interior Ministry in establishments of higher education of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy and Macedonian Culture Minister Ganka Samoilova signed a programme for cooperation between the two countries’ culture ministries in 2002-2004. “My visit to Macedonia should be considered as a sign for political spring in the bilateral relations, “ President Parvanov said in his speech in the Macedonian Parliament on February 27. “Bulgaria gives priority to its relations with Macedonia, concerning the joint infrastructure projects in the framework of corridor N 8,” Parvanov pointed out.

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