NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer made a similar assessment during a meeting with Buckovski in October 2004. "Macedonian soldiers, under the NATO banner and shoulder by shoulder with other army members of the NATO members and partners, show high results and are an exemplary in the anti-terror coalition," he said.
Generalni sekretar NATO-a Jap de Hop Shefer izneo je sličnu procenu na sastanku sa Bučkovskim u oktobru 2004. godine. “Makedonski vojnici pod zastavom NATO i rame uz rame sa drugim pripadnicima zemalja i partnera NATO-a postižu visoke rezultate i pravi su primer u okviru koalicije protiv terorizma”, rekao je on.