For the first time in the Balkan history there are no authoritarian regimes and the governments of all countries have been elected in a democratic way, a declaration of the participants in the conference of the non-governmental Balkan Political Club in Skopje, reads. The members of the Club – prominent former and current politicians, intellectuals and journalists – expressed the hope the future NATO expansion and the invitations for NATO entry at the Prague summit in November, in particular, will reflect positively on the stability and security in the region. Ways of boosting regional stability and security were being discussed at the conference of the Balkan Political Club in Skopje, which was opened March 30 by former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev. Underscoring the unprecedented opportunities for peaceful solution of the existing problems in the region, the Club members call for solving the ethnic issues and developing further the democratic societies with full respect for human rights. The Club called on the international community and especially the European institutions to take sweeping and comprehensive measures for the economic development of the Balkans, and urge an alliance of the regional governments and the international community for joint efforts against corruption, crime syndicates and terrorism. According to Zhelyu Zhelev the conference showed the Club’s activities are necessary in the Balkan political dialogue.

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