Macedonia has become a model of stability in a region known for ethnic strife and tension. Up until earlier this year. Macedonia was struck with the unprecedented refugee crisis facing Europe. as hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees fled wartorn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. In one year. an estimated one million migrants traveled through Macedonia. and the countrys institutions organized an orderly response to the influx of people. including organizing daily trains to ferry migrants from the southern to the northern border. If the partnership between the United States and Macedonia is to remain strong. the country needs our continued support. I also use this opportunity to urge Macedonias leaders to continue strengthening their institutions and reforming its democracy and rule of law. especially following the slated December 11. 2016 elections. which will prove a true test of its democracy.
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