[4] On April 9, 1999, Foreign Minister Abel Matutes traveled to North Macedonia to offer political and economic support and the unconditional adherence of the Spanish Executive to the Government of North Macedonia for his welcome to thousands of Albanian-Kosovar refugees, a result of the Kosovo crisis and the NATO bombings that began in March of that year.

Mr. José Manuel Paz Agüeras was appointed first Ambassador of Spain with residence in Skopje, in North Macedonia through R.D.

[6] Spain granted to North Macedonia an FAD loan for hydroelectric constructions worth 4 million euros from the Aid Funds development.

[7] The Spanish fund to help meet the Millennium Goals has allocated $5 million to finance the United Nations Program for the Promotion of Dialogue and Inter-Ethnic Collaboration in North Macedonia, managed locally by UNDP, UNESCO and UNICEF.

[7] In December 2006, under the auspices of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAAPP), a visit was made by Spanish experts who gave a seminar on community fund management.

Spain was awarded a 22-month EU twinning on training for the fight against money laundering, with a resident Spanish expert who finished in August 2009.

Between May 2010 and January 2012, a cooperation project on tax matters between the EU and North Macedonia led by Spain was developed.

The first, aimed at improving the tax administration of North Macedonia began its execution during the month of February 2015.