Representatives of IPA North Macedonia, IPA Region Skopje, on April 5, 2023, lead by Igno Stojkov together with Maja Stojanovska and Daniela Trajchevska Cvetanovska wished the cyclists Aleksandar Stojkov, Lazo Minoski, Vladimir Sekuloski and Kiril Markovski a safe journey and a successful realization of the annual cycling tour “VERA TOUR 2023”, which is being held for the second time  and its plan to  pass through seven Balkan countries, starting from Skopje, North Macedonia than Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania, where it is planned to drive 2750 kilometers to honored all the people from Balkan Peninsula, who lost their life by COVID 19 Pandemic.

Since this event is of a humanitarian nature and within the goals and ideas of IPA, this year both IPA North Macedonia and IPA Region Skopje decided to provide active support.

The circular letter for support was sent to all the national sections of the IPA in the Balkans, i.e.: IPA Serbia, IPA Croatia, IPA Slovenia, IPA Bosnia and Herzegovina, IPA Montenegro and IPA Albania in order to get involved in this humanitarian event of regional character, for which positive responses were received from all IPA Sections, and special help and logistical support was provided by IPA Serbia, IPA Slovenia with several Regional Clubs  and some of its members join them with bicycles to give support and IPA Albania, for which we are especially grateful.

At the same time, a 6-member delegation of IPA Region Skopje accompanied the cyclists at the reception at the Embassy of North Macedonia in Belgrade, where we were welcomed by Ambassador Mihaela Veselinov, for which we express our special thanks to the warm welcome and feeling as if we were at home, and we provided support to the participants of Vera Tour 2023 on the Ruma-Subotica cycling stage.

On 20.4.2023, representatives of IPA Macedonia, IPA Region Skopje were part of the delegation to welcome the cyclists and congratulated them on the successful implementation of this year’s cycling tour “VERA TOUR 2023”, which is being held for the second time, passing through seven Balkan countries, during which a total of 2750 kilometers were driven.

We want to send a special thanks to all our member who were involved actively in this humanitarian activities and also to Ministry of Interior  of North Macedonia and  all Balkan Countries for support they give for safely finished there journey.

Finally, all participants were awarded with IPA medals by IPA North Macedonia, IPA Region Skopje.

We greet them with our greetings

SERVO PER AMIKECO-

ПРЕКУ СЛУЖБА ДО ПРИЈАТЕЛСТВО

Secretary General

Igor Manojloski