OSCE Mission to Skopje Head Suomalainen meets Prosecutor Janeva, offers support and co-operation

SKOPJE, 10 November 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Nina Suomalainen, met today Prosecutor* Katica Janeva to discuss her new role and challenges ahead, offering the Mission’s support and co-operation.

Suomalainen congratulated Janeva on the establishment of her team composed of 12 assistant prosecutors, stressing that the Prosecutor’s Office must remain independent and free from any form of pressure in order to achieve fair and objective results. “It is important that the Prosecutor works closely with the institutions. Our Mission stands ready to assist.”

Suomalainen also used the occasion to welcome the agreement reached at the political party leaders meeting of 5-6 November 2015 on the further implementation of the Przino Agreement.

“The implementation of the Przino Agreement and the adherence to the laws, including those adopted yesterday in the Parliament, shall help to create the conditions for a level playing field in the upcoming elections,” said Suomalainen.

*The Prosecutor for Cases Surrounding and Arising from the Content of the Unauthorized Interception of Communications assumed post on 15 September, as part of the so-called Przino Agreement, reached among the four political parties with international facilitation.