Hristijan Mickoski in Washington: talks with DFC on investments and strategic partnership

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski led a government delegation in Washington to pursue deeper strategic ties with the United States and to open new opportunities for economic cooperation and investment, officials said. The visits combined political meetings on transatlantic partnership with talks aimed at attracting private capital into North Macedonia.

Meetings with DFC, Congress and industry

The delegation held a meeting with Karolin Vik, chief policy and development officer at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), where options for expanding cooperation and potential investments in North Macedonia were discussed, with particular emphasis on the energy sector and high technology.

Officials noted that DFC has an investment capacity of $205 billion and is an important U.S. instrument for mobilizing private capital into strategic fields. "At the meeting we discussed opportunities to deepen cooperation and potential investments in North Macedonia across several areas, with particular emphasis on energy, high technology and other strategic sectors. DFC places special focus on energy, modern infrastructure and advanced technologies, and after the expansion of its authorities it has a significantly larger capacity for international investments," their statement said.

Mickoski also recalled that DFC is already present in the country through its investment in the Krstovdol project, publicly known as "Antimon", and that the institution has shown interest in additional projects. He said the government intends to present Macedonia's capabilities more fully.

On the political track, Mickoski and his team met with Congressman Keith Self, chair of the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to discuss the strategic partnership and areas of shared interest. In a separate meeting with Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, co-chair of the U.S.–Macedonia Caucus, both sides stressed the importance of parliamentary cooperation, political dialogue and exchange of experience.

The government described the Washington visit as part of a broader push to turn strategic partnership into concrete economic cooperation, new investments and projects of national interest. Mickoski also said the delegation plans meetings with influential think tanks in Washington before traveling to New York for the UN General Assembly, and that talks with defense industry companies are planned to explore potential investments linked to the Krivolak military training range. "We are in the phase of drafting a new law with the Ministry of Defence to offer our training polygon 'Krivolak'," he said.

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