President of The Republic of Macedonia
On the day Ivanov officially became president of his country, he sent a letter to the president of the United States Barack Obama in which he underlines Macedonia's aim to join NATO and EU and to find a "mutually acceptable solution" to the name differences with neighboring Greece. He also thanked Obama for his words of support at the 2009 NATO Summit.
One day after the inauguration, Ivanov together with prime minister Gruevski travelled to Brussels to meet with European Union and NATO officials.
The two main visions, which Gjorge Ivanov promotes as president is the Macedonian model of a multi-ethnic society and Pax Europaea, a united Europe living in peace and respecting the diversity and identity of the nations of Europe.
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