In his first address to the Macedonian Parliament after becoming prime minister, Buckovski pledged that his successor at the defence ministry, Jovan Manasijevski, would bring the Macedonian Army (ARM) into further compatibility with NATO standards and interoperability, continuing the sizeable changes which have already been made over the past two years.
U svom prvom obraćanju makedonskom parlamentu pošto je postao premijer, Bučkovski je obećao da će njegov naslednik u Ministarstvu odbrane, Jovan Manasijevski, dodatno harmonizovati Armiju Makedonije (ARM) sa standardima NATO-a, nastavljajući velike promene koje su već sprovedene u poslednje dve godine.