A delegation of the CEI-Executive Secretariat, led by Secretary General Roberto Antonione, including the Deputy Secretary General Nina Kodelja and some senior officers, visited Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia on 5-7 February and met with a number of high-level government representatives. In Skopje, meetings were held with the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Andrej Žernovski, as well as with the Ministers of Education and Science Arbër Ademi, of Culture Asaf Ademi and of Transport Goran Sugareski. The aim of the mission was to obtain inputs from these countries, in particular on persisting challenges, in order to identify - in the coming period - further steps for their better tackling. The favourable developments achieved by Macedonia through the agreements with its two neighbouring countries, namely Greece and Bulgaria, were welcomed. The CEI-ES team also met with the Presidents and other representatives of the CEI parliamentary delegations in all three countries, including the Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, as well as with the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce, Tsvetan Simeonov.