MOSCOW - Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev and State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of the Interior Aleksandar Nikolic discussed the situation in Macedonia on Wednesday.

The meeting was held ahead of the sixth international meeting of senior security officials that should start in Ulan-Ude, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Buryatia.

Besides the current political situation in Macedonia, the two officials dealt with the issues of regional and international security, in the context of Serbia's OSCE chairmanship, among other things, Tass reported.

In mid-May, Macedonia faced an incursion of the terrorist organization of ethnic Albanians from the southern Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija, which is under interim UN administration. Eight Macedonian policemen and 14 terrorists were killed in the attack that was carried out by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

In addition to that, Serbia is facing a wave of illegal migrants arriving from Macedonia.

According to Serbia's state bodies, 300-400 people cross the border between the two countries every day, and since the beginning of the year 22,182 people filed an asylum application in Serbia.

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