The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, attended in Sarajevo the concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, which was part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the World War I.

The event, which President Ivanov attended at the invitation of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Bakir Izetbegovic, and the Mayor of the City of Sarajevo, Mr. Ivo Komsic, was attended by the Presidents of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Heinz Fischer, the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Ivo Josipovic, and Montenegro, Mr. Filip Vujanovic.

The event aims to send a message of peace and prosperity, tolerance, coexistence and respect for others.

At the informal meetings President Ivanov held with his counterparts they exchanged views on the current situation in the region, on the European and Euro-Atlantic perspective of the region, as well as on the upcoming meeting of the Brdo process leaders, which is to take place in mid July in Dubrovnik, the Republic of Croatia.