Director: Kenan Ramadani
075 - 402 - 898
kenan.ramadani@mfa.gov.mk
The Directorate for Diplomatic Protocol prepares annual work plans and reports; plans, organises, coordinates and conducts activities relating to visits of officials of the Republic of North Macedonia abroad; as well as visits by foreign officials to the Republic of North Macedonia and other international and domestic events; issues regarding foreign and international representations accredited to the country in terms of ceremony procedures, privileges and immunities; procedures for issuing agréments and exequaturs; provides coordination and cooperates with other competent national institutions and authorities; prepares guidelines and instructions for the national representations abroad; cooperates with foreign and international representations accredited to the Republic of North Macedonia; manages and organises the work of the sectors and units under its jurisdiction; evaluates the work of its organisational departments; performs other duties within its purview.
12.1 Sector for Diplomatic Protocol
The Sector for Diplomatic Protocol prepares annual work plans and reports; coordinates the activities and tasks related to the preparation and organisation of state, official and working visits of the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade abroad; preparation and organisation of state, official and working visits of foreign heads of state and government and foreign ministers, preparation and organisation of international and domestic events; ceremonial activities, procedures for issuing agréments and exequaturs, as well as the presentation of credentials and patent letters; preparing, updating, publishing and distributing the Diplomatic List and Protocol List as well as other diplomatic-precedence-related matters; provides coordination and cooperates with competent institutions and authorities of the country; prepares guidelines and instructions for the national representations abroad; cooperates with foreign and international representations accredited to the Republic of North Macedonia; organises and evaluates the work of the units under its jurisdiction; performs other duties within its purview.
12.1. 1 Visits and Ceremonial Unit
12.1.2 Diplomatic Correspondence Unit
12.2 Sector for Diplomatic Service
The Sector for Diplomatic Service prepares annual work plans and reports; performs and coordinates the activities and tasks related to the exercise of the right to privileges and immunities of the representations of the foreign countries and international organisations accredited to the Republic of North Macedonia and their representatives; issuing diplomatic, consular and special ID cards; implementing the procedure for appointing ambassadors of the Republic of North Macedonia abroad, preparing credentials and dismissal letters; implementing procedures for the appointment of honorary consuls of the Republic of North Macedonia abroad, as well as issuing exequaturs to foreign honorary consuls in the Republic of North Macedonia; cooperates with foreign and international representations accredited to the Republic of North Macedonia; organises and evaluates the work of the units under its jurisdiction; performs other duties within its purview. The Privileges and Immunities Department and the Accreditation Department operate within this Sector.
12.2.1 Privileges and Immunities Unit
12.2.2 Accreditation Unit
12.2.3 Unit for Honorary Consuls of Foreign Countries