Macedonia responds to Greek warning

Macedonia could break off talks over its name dispute with Greece, BIRN reported Wednesday.

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Thursday, 13.09.2007.

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Macedonia could break off talks over its name dispute with Greece, BIRN reported Wednesday. The move would come if Athens decides to veto Skopje’s NATO and EU integration process, Macedonian president Branko Crvenkovski told media. Macedonia responds to Greek warning “Such an act would break the provisional agreement we have with Greece. That would mean that all obligations for Macedonia that derive from it, including the obligation to continue the UN talks, would cease to exist”, Crvenkovski said. His comments came in response to last week`s statement by Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis who warned during the Greek election campaign that “Skopje will not join any international organization, including NATO and the EU, if a mutually agreeable solution for the name is not found”. As a result of Greek objections to Macedonia’s constitutional name, the Republic of Macedonia, the country was admitted to the UN in 1993 under the provisional reference of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM, pending a resolution of the dispute. An interim accord, signed by the two countries under the UN’s aegis in 1995, has considerably normalized bilateral relations, and has set obligations for continuing the talks over the name dispute in the UN. According to the accord, the continuing name dispute cannot prevent Macedonia from joining international organizations. Since its independence in 1991, two-thirds of UN member states, including the US, have recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name. Currently Macedonia has the status of a candidate for EU membership, and expects to be invited to join NATO in 2008.

Macedonia responds to Greek warning

“Such an act would break the provisional agreement we have with Greece. That would mean that all obligations for Macedonia that derive from it, including the obligation to continue the UN talks, would cease to exist”, Crvenkovski said.

His comments came in response to last week`s statement by Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis who warned during the Greek election campaign that “Skopje will not join any international organization, including NATO and the EU, if a mutually agreeable solution for the name is not found”.

As a result of Greek objections to Macedonia’s constitutional name, the Republic of Macedonia, the country was admitted to the UN in 1993 under the provisional reference of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM, pending a resolution of the dispute.

An interim accord, signed by the two countries under the UN’s aegis in 1995, has considerably normalized bilateral relations, and has set obligations for continuing the talks over the name dispute in the UN.

According to the accord, the continuing name dispute cannot prevent Macedonia from joining international organizations.

Since its independence in 1991, two-thirds of UN member states, including the US, have recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name.

Currently Macedonia has the status of a candidate for EU membership, and expects to be invited to join NATO in 2008.

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