Nearly 66 percent of respondents believe Republic of Macedonia has met NATO membership criteria, show results of the poll conducted by the Institute for Political Research Skopje, upon the Defense Ministry's request.

According to the poll, 65.9 percent responded affirmatively to this question, 24.7 percent said No, whereas 9.4 percent failed to answer.

Asked if they would accept a change to Macedonia's constitutional name as a condition for NATO membership, 62.2 percent of respondents responded negatively, 30.3 percent said Yes, while 7.6 percent did not answer.

A total of 64.5 percent of respondents positively assess Macedonian Army (ARM) engagement in peacekeeping missions abroad, 24.2 percent have a negative view, whereas 11.3 percent failed to answer.

The poll was carried out for the purpose of checking public opinion trends on issues directly related to the activities of the ministry and ARM, as well as NATO integration.