This Summit comes at the right moment.
Democratic governments are now in charge in all Southeast European countries.
I consider this a very good prospect for regional co-operation, the importance and necessity of which all recognize. The agreement on the border demarcation which will be signed by Presidents Trajkovski and Kostunica in the margins of this Summit is a major contribution to further consolidate stability in a very volatile part of the region. I am strongly concerned by the incursions of armed groups from Kosovo to the Northern border, in an open provocation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's sovereignty. I commend Skopje for its attitude of restraint and urge you to let it prevail. But our hopes and expectations for stability and prosperity have been badly damaged by the recent surge of violence in Kosovo and in Southern Serbia.