At the handover ceremony, Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski said Macedonia was one of the last countries in Europe whose borders were guarded by soldiers rather than police officers.
Na svečanosti povodom primopredaje, ministar odbrane Vlado Bučkovski izjavio je da je Makedonija bila jedna od poslednjih zemalja u Evropi čije su granice čuvali vojnici, umesto policajci.