Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and United States Ambassador Kate Byrnes marked the completion of the joint training of U.S. navy special forces, the Army rangers battalion and the special forces at the Skopje-based army barracks on Thursday.

This shows our strong unity and alliance, which is especially important now that Russia has rudely attacked Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. We strongly condemn Russia’s military aggression on Ukraine and stand united with NATO allies in calling on Russia to cease hostilities that threaten Europe’s security, Petrovska wrote on Facebook.

She added that the Macedonian citizens stand in solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine.

The security of our country is guaranteed, our public should be sure that the state leadership is closely monitoring the situation and is taking all measures to guarantee security, said Defense Minister Petrovska.