From the 30th of May until the 1st of June 2018, a delegation from Normandy led by Mrs. Anne-Laure Marteau, President of the “Europe and International” Commission at the Regional Council of Normandy and Mrs. Laura Heleine, responsible for European Cooperation of the Region Normandy, participated to the Commemoration of the Centenary of the First World War in Macedonia.
The official Commemoration was held on the 30th of May at the French military cemetery in Bitola by Ms. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State of the French Ministry of Defense, H.E. Mr. Christian Thimonier, Ambassador of France in Skopje, Mrs. Radmila Shekerinska, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia, and Mrs. Natasha Petrovska, Mayor of Bitola. Within this ceremony, the Memorial in Bitola was officially opened, which is a result of a long-standing project of the French Embassy in Skopje, the Memorial of Caen and the Region Normandy.
Mrs. Anne-Laure Marteau opened the scientific conference “Protection of Non-Combatants from the Macedonian Front from the First World War up until the present day”, together with Mrs. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary General of the French Ministry of Defense and Lieutenant-Colonel Metodija Velichkovski. The Scientific Conference was on the topic of the reality relating to the protection of non-combatants on the Macedonian Front during the First World War, as well as a reflection on the fate of non-combatants over the past hundred years. The scientific conference was held from the 31st of May until the 3th of June 2018 in Bitola, organised by the French Institute in Skopje, and supported by the cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia.
Finally, the delegation from Normandy met with Mr. Trajan Dimkovski, head of the cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture, and former partner within the framework of the cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia. The two officials had the opportunity to exchange experiences in the field of agriculture and to discuss future prospects for cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia.
From the 30th of May until the 1st of June 2018, a delegation from Normandy led by Mrs. Anne-Laure Marteau, President of the “Europe and International” Commission at the Regional Council of Normandy and Mrs. Laura Heleine, responsible for European Cooperation of the Region Normandy, participated to the Commemoration of the Centenary of the First World War in Macedonia.
The official Commemoration was held on the 30th of May at the French military cemetery in Bitola by Ms. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State of the French Ministry of Defense, H.E. Mr. Christian Thimonier, Ambassador of France in Skopje, Mrs. Radmila Shekerinska, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia, and Mrs. Natasha Petrovska, Mayor of Bitola. Within this ceremony, the Memorial in Bitola was officially opened, which is a result of a long-standing project of the French Embassy in Skopje, the Memorial of Caen and the Region Normandy.
Mrs. Anne-Laure Marteau opened the scientific conference “Protection of Non-Combatants from the Macedonian Front from the First World War up until the present day”, together with Mrs. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary General of the French Ministry of Defense and Lieutenant-Colonel Metodija Velichkovski. The Scientific Conference was on the topic of the reality relating to the protection of non-combatants on the Macedonian Front during the First World War, as well as a reflection on the fate of non-combatants over the past hundred years. The scientific conference was held from the 31st of May until the 3th of June 2018 in Bitola, organised by the French Institute in Skopje, and supported by the cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia.
Finally, the delegation from Normandy met with Mr. Trajan Dimkovski, head of the cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture, and former partner within the framework of the cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia. The two officials had the opportunity to exchange experiences in the field of agriculture and to discuss future prospects for cooperation between Normandy and Macedonia.