According to a UNDP report released late last month, Macedonia should increase home export capacities and lift barriers to foreign trade. It should also implement reform of the tax system, ensure a balanced budget in the mid-term, and reduce government involvement in the economy.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki said that Iran seeks peace and tranquility in Afghanistan adding that the wrong policies of the past in this region should be practically revised.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki said that Canada remains obligated to coordinate many cases and issues with London and Washington and expressed hope that Canada will gain its complete independence.