Gordana Siljanovska Davkova

VRANJE - North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova said on Friday she was extremely pleased with a visit to Serbia and a meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic, noting that the two countries had excellent good-neighbourly relations based on a desire for solidarity.

VRANJE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he was confident Serbia and North Macedonia would develop the closest possible ties and build them carefully and with mutual respect.

Vucic was speaking after a meeting with North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova at the St Prohor Pcinjski monastery near Vranje, southern Serbia.

VRANJE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova at the Prohor Pcinjski monastery near Vranje, southern Serbia, noting that her visit was an excellent opportunity to strengthen a partnership and affirm the values shared by Serbia and North Macedonia with a view to progress and development across the region.

BELGRADE - North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova will on Friday pay a working visit to Serbia during which she will visit the Prohor Pcinjski monastery in southern Serbia and meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

A spokesperson for the US State Department reiterated the nation's commitment to the Prespa Agreement and North Macedonia's accession into Euro-Atlantic institutions amidst the backdrop of the recent North Macedonian elections.

Despite international community reactions, newly elected North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova insists she "has the right to use the name 'Macedonia.'" 

Stevo Pendarovski, the presidential candidate backed by North Macedonia's center-left government, won the presidency Sunday in a runoff election with a conservative rival.

Stevo Pendarovski, the candidate of North Macedonia's ruling Social Democrat Union, is leading his conservative rival, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova in partial returns, the country's State Election Commission reports on their web site.

With almost 80 percent of the polling stations reporting, Pendarovski is getting 53.2 percent of the vote to Siljanovska's 43.2 percent.

North Macedonia held a competitive runoff election Sunday to choose a new president, a vote seen as a test of the center-left government's pro-West policies despite the largely ceremonial duties of the country's head of state.

Polls have opened in North Macedonia for a presidential election runoff between two top vote-getters from the first round.

More than 3,400 polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local Sunday.