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FM Milososki resumes
Ukraine visit
Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki resumes Thursday the official visit to
the Ukraine, meeting his counterpart Volodymyr Ohryzko, MIA reports.
Milososki and Ohryzko will sign a Programme for cooperation between the
countries' foreign ministries.
FM Milososki is also to hold talks with President Viktor Yushchenko and
Parliament Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Moreover, he will lay flowers at the monument of the 1932-33 Ukraine Famine
(Holodomor) victims.
FM Milososki delivered late Wednesday an address before students at the Kyiv
Slavonic University, whereas Macedonia's Embassy to Kiev organized a
reception and concert dedicated to Macedonian music icon Tose Proeski titled
"Ukraine Remembers Tose Proeski".
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NEWS
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MACEDONIA PRESENTS ITS POSITION ON
LAST NAME PROPOSALS OF UN MEDIATOR
Negotiator Nikola Dimitrov and Chief of the PM's Cabinet Martin Protoger
presented Wednesday in New York the position of the Republic of Macedonia to
UN mediator Matthew Nimetz on his latest set of ideas for the name dispute
settlement.
- We have set forth and reaffirmed the arguments standing behind the
interests of the country and the nation, a correspondent of the Voice of
America-Macedonian language program quoted Dimitrov's statement after the
meeting.
The meeting of Macedonia's negotiating team with Nimetz was useful, Dimitrov
said, but revealed no more details.
- It's too early to say whether Nimetz will visit Athens and Skopje, but he
will certainly get in touch with the Greek side sometime soon," Dimitrov
added.
Thus far, Macedonia's position on Nimetz's ideas have not been officially
presented. Recently the state leadership held two consultation meetings,
revealing no details on the outcome. Initial statements of President Branko
Crvenkovski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski were the only official
reaction to Nimetz's latest proposal, saying that without serious
corrections the UN mediator's ideas did not set a solid base for settlement.
Yesterday evening in Strumica, Crvenkovski reiterated that the settlement
was possible only by accepting the Macedonian nation and language as the
foundation of the national identity.
- If UN guarantees that the name of our nation is Macedonian nation and the
name of our language is the Macedonian language, which are the main pillars
of the national identity of each nation, then we should reach an agreement,
Crvenkovski said.
After yesterday's meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs, Stuart E. Jones, Foreign Minister Antonio
Milososki also failed to offer more details on Macedonia's position, saying
that upon consultations with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski, Dimitrov
and Protoger would have the opportunity to present to Nimetz the country's
position, which is in line with its national interests.
Today, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoaynnis told the Parliament
Commissions for Foreign Affairs and Security that the last proposal of UN
mediator Matthew Nimetz contained provisions that were acceptable for
Greece, but also ones that were against its interests and should be cleared
up.
The negotiations under the UN aegis are resuming and Athens has neither
speeding up nor obstruct them, radio 'City' quoted Bakoaynnis, who also
blamed Skopje authorities for their attempt to slow down the process.
- Greece favors one name with geographic determinant for overall usage,
Bakoaynnis said, adding that Athens should not be forced to cross its 'red
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