Albanian president.

* Albanian President Bamir Topi is paying an official visit to Macedonia. After meeting Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, Topi said every criminal act should pass through all institutional investigations. Topi and Ivanov said the institutions of both countries are ready to cooperate in finding the perpetrators of the murder at Smilkovci as soon a possible. President Ivanov said there were forces, which do not want the region to progress and the situation to improve. He said he expected relevant institutions to do their job and urged the citizens not to fall for speculations, typical in such periods of time. According to Ivanov and Topi, the EU and NATO membership is an irreversible process. Topi expressed full support for Macedonia's NATO membership.

Due to the seriousness of the event that occurred a few days ago near the village of Smilkovci, Skopje, and the way in which foreign agencies reported about it, over the next few days the Macedonian Information Centre is going to report more extensively on the investigation into the case and the way in which media in Macedonia report about it. Also, MIC will try to convey the essence of all commentaries about this event.