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Makedoncite niz Virorot na 'Crvenoto' Gybilishte. Novela za Talkachite. Bitkite na Makedonskite Generatsi Pod Grtsija. Monografija za Seloto Turje i Turjani. Blazhe Koneski Prilepskiot Govor. Zoran Kosteski Mariovo - Zhiva Istorija. Rodoslovi na Selo Bach. Duke Velko Velkovski Skochivirski. Tashko Mamurovski Paskal Mitrevski and his Time Paskal Mitrevski i Negovoto Vreme Bright Figures From Aegean Macedonia Svetli Likovi od Egejska Makedonija Lefter Manche Patot do Vrvot.

Nove Mladenovski Izmeshani Svetovi. Mitre Mojsovski Makedonska Vistina. Lifelong Noose. Butterfly with Soaked Wings. Peperuga so Namoneni Krilja. Postela za Chemernite A Stone too is Soil. I Kamenot e Zemia. The Great Lie Golemata Izmama. Ilinden i Makedonskite Iselenitsi. Iselenichki Horizonti - Makedonsite vo Sveto. Israel and Macedonia - Izrael i Makedonija.

Moite Patuvanja Niz Svetot. George Atanasovski. Boshko Rajchovski-Pelisterski. Svetozar-Steve Stamevksi. Prespanka Razglednitsa. Makedonskiot Iselenichki Pechat. Macedonian Exaltation - Makedonski Voznes. Makedonski Iselenichki Meridijani. Steve Pliakes. Makedonski Klub 'Ilinden ' Hamburg. Od Tvoreshtvoto Na Slave Katin. Od Panonija Do Egej.

Macedonia in Ancient Times. Praistoria Na Tsentralniot Balkan. Del od Istorijata na Egejska Makedonija. English-Macedonian Bio-technical Dictionary. English-Macedonian Veterinary Dictionary. Vodich Niz Kompjuterskata Terminologija. Tvoreshtvoto Na Slave Katin. Vo Chest na Svetite Kiril i Metodij. Makedonski Iselenicki Panoptikum.

Monograph - Gojko Jakovleski. Siljan Micevski Ogledalo A Mirror. Selected Papers for Macedonia. Literaturata na Faktot vo Romanite na Petre Nakovski. Pande Petrovski Testimonials Svedoshtva T'ga-Za-Jug - Longing for the South. The Stone of Robi in Greek and English. Anarchy in Macedonia: Life under the Ottomans, The First Macedonian Colony.

Pridonesot na Makedonija vo Svetskata Civilizacija. Donna Skendov-Scotland Memories - Sekjavanja. Macedonia -An Illustrated History. Other states followed suit. The United States recognized Macedonia as an independent state on February 9, , almost two years after it recognized Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Another year and a half passed before Washington decided to establish diplomatic relations with Macedonia, which took place on September 13, It was immediately after Macedonia signed the Interim Accord with Greece, which was orchestrated by them.

The American embassy was opened in Skopje in February and an ambassador arrived at the end of July, four years after the American ambassadors started working in Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo. They were in no hurry to do anything. Obviously it was dictated by their long term interest in the region. The way the U. Waiting for more than two years to recognize a country and hesitating full four years to send an ambassador, as U.

Unfortunately, the same policy is still in effect to this day. Is there anyone who truly believes that Washington did not for long time recognized Macedonia because it was willed by Athens? We must be aware of this reality and keep our eyes wide open. Given what was just said above and given that the U. Had the U. The reasons why the Americans did not recognize Macedonia is because it would have been an obstacle to the realization of their long-term interests in the Balkans.

More about this will follow. There are no facts or arguments upon which it could be argued that the U. There is also the fact that in December , Macedonia was recognized by six EC states, led by Britain, France and Germany, which immediately established diplomatic relations with Macedonia. If anyone should not have recognized Macedonia because of Athens, it should have been these EC countries and not the U.

However, they did take that step. But not the U. In fact it took Washington over another two and a half years before it dispatched an ambassador to Skopje. It consisted of about soldiers of whom about three hundred were Americans. In the beginning it looked like the U. Soon afterwards however, it was discovered that the purpose of the operation was not to secure and stabilize Macedonia but to stop it from falling into Serbian hands.

It turned out that the Americans did have secret information concerning Milosevich aggressive intentions towards Macedonia. Later we will see that this was part of U. Even though Macedonia was not recognized by the U. The Americans were certainly aware of that and, according to a number of facts based on events that followed, it can be said that it was part of the American plan all along: to save Macedonia from Serbian interference with all other options remaining open.

History will show why the Serbians did not intervene in Macedonia? The intervention did not take place probably because a Milosevich did not have sufficient military capabilities as he was already fighting in Croatia and preparing to start a war in Bosnia; b Milosevich believed that Macedonia would not be able to survive without Serbia and would return to Serbia on its own It was there to act as an early warning system.

Milosevich was convinced that Macedonia would come back to Serbia on its own. With regards to security, Serbia felt that Macedonia was incapable of stopping Albanian irredentism on its own. Personal and family ties were also numerous and deep But apart from that, U. A stable and prosperous Macedonia, it seems, does not fit into American plans.

While telling Serbia to keep its hands off Macedonia, the U. There was no such message for Bulgaria or Greece, or for the Albanians, who enjoyed broad U. The Albanian leadership inside Macedonia, in other words, took the lead from the Americans and started to demonstrate little to no loyalty to the country that was their home. Was it because of financial difficulties?

Was it because of Greece? Was it because Macedonia and the U. But had the Americans done that, they would have expanded and intensified the wars raging in the region by far which could have easily gotten out of control. The entire Balkans could have gone up in flames with unforeseeable consequences, just like it happened in The risk was too great, even for the U.

From that perspective, peaceful conduct of Macedonia was the most desired option for the region and our great contribution for the peace. Macedonia was and is of great strategic importance for the entire Balkan and must not be allowed to catch fire. In return, Macedonia got nothing. Perhaps it is held in the present status quo situation as a mean for resolving the other Balkan problems?

The United States has always and everywhere led its own policies. The only time they pay attention to others is when their interests align. Greece does not play a significant role in shaping U. On the contrary, U. Our first task in our diplomacy, politics and science must be to research, analyze and clarify U. Even so, 20 years later Greece still uses the same rhetoric to deny Macedonia its place in the world.

For the past 20 years there was not a single security incident between the two countries and Macedonia had proven over and over that it has no claims and is not a treat on Greece. Greece has not that kind of clout in the world scene to push its agenda. Only major powers have that kind of pull! But because Greece initiated this process, i.

This question must be put every day, everywhere all the time… Someone should pose this question to the Americans continually as well because they have kept their fingers in this process and have managed it from the outset. So, if there are no real reasons for harassing and holding Macedonia back, then there should be an immediate stop to it.

This shameful political tragicomedy must end now! The delayed U. He bases his argument on the assertion that there was danger that a Macedonian-Greek military conflict may break out! He forgot to mention that when the United States recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina the country was already deeply divided, faced with dangers and completely dysfunctional.

The war was at its doorstep, started soon and lasted nearly three years. Paquin, like Washington and Brussels, uses double standards, which do not serve his honor. III — It was the U. Admission to the UN 1. On July 23, the Macedonian government made a proposal to parliament for joining the United Nations. On July 29, the Macedonian parliament adopted a resolution to join the UN and on July 30, President Gligorov sent a letter of request to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali formally requesting the country to be admitted to the world organization.

The fact that Macedonia applied to the UN for admission late was not by choice. Macedonia was held back by its non-recognition by the U. These countries were not willing to recognize Macedonia and thus would not open its admission to the UN. And thus Macedonia found itself in a vicious circle. The problem was then shifted to the United Nations and ended up directly under American control.

By then the U. But that does not mean that Washington was not working on the case of our name right from the start. The procedure for admission was then opened in January This was one of the key conditions designed to cripple the Macedonian state, especially after being slapped with a reference instead of its proper name. Did Ghali keep our application for membership in his desk drawer on his own or with American blessings… you decide!

Even though there was a war starting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it seems that it was not a problem for the U. Macedonia, on the other hand, which had none of those problems, was not admitted. The UNSC consists of 15 members, of whom five are permanent and belong to major powers. They are the U. These members also have veto power. The other ten are elected members with a two year mandate and every year five are changed.

However, do you think that if Washington had even the slightest concern about how Macedonia was treated it would have sat on the sidelines and done nothing? In , the U. Greece, on the other hand, in spite of its posturing, had no direct role in this process because it was not part of the UNSC. This was a classic blackmail — you can enter without your name!

Macedonia was forced to deal with an imposed obligation to seek a solution to its own name, which was disputed and could not be used internationally. None of the other UNSC members have that authority. Not Britain, not France, not Spain and not even all three put together. This dance, no doubt, was led by the United States. Greece was completely out of the picture.

Considering that the UN Charter of Rights was illegally tailored for Macedonia to deny its entry into the UN with its rightful name and to impose a reference to it, we can freely conclude without risk of making a mistake that it was done by none other than the coordinated effort of the United States. Everything else was technical and tactics.

There are no facts or arguments to point to anyone else. If the United States was in favor of Macedonia entering the UN with its constitutional name, the reference would not have been imposed. If Washington felt that the reference proposed by Britain, France and Spain was not a good idea it would not have been accepted. This confirms that there were prior agreements of these three countries with the United States.

There is no doubt that there will be a historical black mark left on the UN for the way it conducted for Macedonia admission. The UN was put in place just to avoid actions such as these and protect the rights of the weak and poor, not to ignore them. This is usually how terrorists operate, working outside of the law. Boutros Ghali assured Gligorov that admission to the United Nations with the reference would be brief, for only few months.

That did not happen, which goes to show that the problem was with someone very powerful. It was a terrible bluff of Ghali but definitely not only his. He was always working under outside dictate. Something else was behind not just the Greek stubbornness. Everybody could ask himself - how is it possible for the general secretary of OON to stoop so low and unscrupulously lie to a president of a country?

Ghali perfectly knew, of course, that solution to be found in just a few months was theoretically impossible. So the question is — was Samaras the only one thinking that Macedonia will not last long? We can now say that far from his assessments were not many politicians, experts… states… Did the Americans have similar thoughts? The probability is high.

Many believed that Macedonia would not survive but it did and evolved into a relatively successful country despite all the huge external obstacles placed in front of it. It over bridged its domestic divisions, in good part stimulated orchestrated and paid for from abroad. And it also over passed its own mistakes. Thus was confirmed the old story that Macedonians are almost in destroyable!

Was this treason or some kind of irresponsibility on the part of the Macedonian leaders? We cannot miss a chance for new divisions! The idea that a fully independent modern Macedonian state was about to emerge from the Yugoslav breakup had caused serious alarm in the region. This was done by decree issued by the then Greek Prime Minister.

Of the 13 administrative districts in the country, three were renamed. Greece understood that a discernible independent Macedonian state would inevitably affirm the Macedonians as a distinct people with their own language, culture and traditions And, as it had done in the past, Greece did everything in its power not to allow a Macedonian state to emerge.

Macedonia had the right to use it. In other words, it was not the name that was a problem for Greece - it was the people. As it was impossible to challenge the existence of a nation, the name was used as a cover. Later, it became clear that the issue was not only Greek problem and interest. Behind Greece, as we have seen from our research, bearing their full weight, were first the U.

This was a coordinated effort demonstrated in the not recognition of Macedonia. Left alone, and with all those wars raging on the territory of former Yugoslavia, Macedonia had no room to maneuver. Washington, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, London If you stay out of the UN then you will shoulder the responsibility for your people being isolated and all alone.

Macedonia was already impoverished by the huge inflation generated by Belgrade. On top of that it lost the market in former Yugoslavia. It had insufficient production of energy and was depending heavily on imports from the outside. Biggest problem was the shortage of foreign currency to pay the import of oil. Total state reserves were less than 30 million US dollars not enough to pay the oil bill for three months.

At the same time because of the illegal Greek embargo on one side and the UN sanctions on Serbia on the other the northern and southern border were blocked making the export and import - impossible. Macedonia was left with little choice. Given the circumstances, the question was not whether but how long Macedonia was going to last?

Many figured weeks or perhaps months maximum; certainly not years. In such circumstances the normal thing to do was to look for an easier way out because the alternative would have been complete collapse. Instead a temporary reference — the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia — was imposed. Macedonia never accepted or recognized the reference and never signed any documents with it.

Macedonia never used the reference itself but simply swallowed it as had no other choice. The reference does not oblige Macedonia in any way. This is a fact which must be constantly emphasized. Macedonia could not prohibit others from using the reference since this is how our country was registered in the UN. However we do have the right and it is our obligation to intervene each time the reference is used and to explain to people that it is an illegal reference imposed on the Macedonian people We must do our best to not allow its use in anything.

It is our joint responsibility to stop its use. By this we have devalued our position in the dispute. When tackling this problem our diplomats abroad demonstrated diplomatic and political amateurism. They did not need any instruction to defend fundamental state interests. In that respect there are no major changes looking at Macedonia from the outside.

Like before, Macedonia today is open to the same heavy pressures, blockades and blackmail it was exposed to two decades earlier when it was trying to join the UN. But Macedonia today is not the same Macedonia that it was in If Macedonia continues on the same economic course it is on today, it can hold out for the next years without having to join NATO or the EU.

Macedonia long term interest is to join them but not at any price. The situation in was completely different and much, much — worse for the country as we have already explained. As mentioned earlier, from an internal perspective things today are radically different than they were two decades ago. Macedonia is moving forward. Macedonia had no such options in those days because its survival as a state was seriously challenged.

At that time Greece and many others, including some of the major global players, did not expect the country to survive. Now it is clear that Macedonia is here to stay and the Macedonian people are working hard to keep it that way, besides all challenges it is still facing. Macedonians are not proud that they were forced to swallow the name suspension and the imposed reference in UN.

It was serious defeat for the country but it was an injustice to humanity and decency! It was an attack on global justice and democracy! It was severe disregard for International Law. And these things were not done by rogue nations or dictatorial powers; they were perpetrated by states that call themselves democracies… the U. They committed illegal acts in flagrant violation of the UN Charter of Rights.

They took a helpless fledgling nation and, at its weakest moment, tortured it with intentions of extinguishing the life out of it. Macedonians should examine the facts and see the truth for what it really is and stop blaming each other for what happened to them in in those critical times. The Macedonian leaders did what they had to do for the country to survive.

Their choices were limited because Macedonia was a victim of unscrupulous and dishonest Major Power manipulation, perpetrated purely for their self-interest. Everything else included unacceptably risk. In spite of all the obstacles placed before us, we not only survived but today we are thriving; exceeding all expectations. Any attempts made to stay completely out of the UN in would have been extremely dangerous for Macedonia.

Macedonia had no idea and could not have guessed how far it was going to be pushed by the main factors leading its case. Perhaps one day, when the archives with all these secrets are opened, then we will find out. Looking at the situation from the outside in, today, like yesterday, the same factors are treating us no differently. The same forces a ignore the Copenhagen Criteria which they themselves have implemented, b ignore the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Hague, c are using force against all democratic rules and principles, just to prevent Macedonia from joining NATO and the EU, d work, again and again, outside of international legal limits This tells us that there is incredible concentrated effort of countries, primarily by the U.

There is little that they will not do to achieve their goals. However, if 20 years ago we could not resist their will, today we can but it is certainly not going to be easy. It is no joke going against the will of a single superpower. The mediation process There is very little doubt that Washington was behind putting first Vance and later Nimitz in charge of the mediation process, which shows that the Americans were extremely interested in the outcome of this dispute.

There are many indicators that point to the mediators of only being formally under UN patronage, and were actually extended arms of the State Department, through which the U. First, both Vance and Nimitz were top State Department people with their base and logistics still there. Third, if it was really a problem between Macedonia and Greece why did the American President need a special envoy to monitor it?

Why was the United States so interested in this problem? It was still between two neighbors and it did not put into question the security of the two countries involved or the wider region, let alone the U. If Washington did not have secret strategic interests in the Balkans, in which unfortunately Macedonia was embroiled, the American President would not have had a need for a special envoy at the mediation!

Which means…? This shows that the mediation process between Macedonia and Greece, conducted on behalf of the UN, was actually in the hands of Washington all the time. Could this be only a coincidence? Twenty years or so later there is no change, which confirms that this is all part of the same scenario, that all these stones are already forming a visible mosaic.

A few months later there was a news release naming an American as functionary in Bosnia and Herzegovina! When the United States wants something and it is in its interests to get it, it will do anything, including ignoring international law, agreements, democratic principles, procedures, practices and even justice… to succeed. Why would they act any differently about our name?

Fifth, Nimitz is a lawyer working for a law firm and, as a mediator, he is working alone. He does not have a team but the UN legal services are at his disposal. There is no UN requirement that forces Macedonia to change its name, rename its language and to erase the true identity of its people! There was no such thing written in the UN Security Council resolutions either.

Why he followed their advices? And if the UN experts did not supply him with logistics then who did? Is pure fantasy that up to now proposed options for solution of the problem could be his invention!? He is well aware that his responsibility is huge. The fate and the future of an entire country are in his hands; not to mention the peace and stability of the entire region.

Sixth, although the problem, formally, is the responsibility of the UN, there is no budget for Nimitz. There are several explanations as to why is so: a to minimize UN interference in his work, b for the UN not to call into question his terms, and c for the UN not to require regular reports of the achievements of the mediation. No UN funding, no UN poking its nose in his business!

If the UN is not the real manager of the dispute then who is? The real manager of the dispute is the U. The question that remains open here is not whether Nimitz is being paid for his services, but who is paying for them? And, of course, who is paying for the experts that prepare his proposals? And whoever is paying - is his real boss. Nothing comes for free in the United States.

Seventh, because of such financial arrangements, i. Normally, when the Secretary-General is meeting with the Macedonian representatives Nimitz only informs him on current developments and that is it. Someone else paid his expenses and dealt with the headaches associated with the process. Every proposal Nimitz offered was fully compatible with American policy towards Macedonia and the wider region.

Who else then, if not the U. Or possibly a panel of experts appointed and paid for by it! There is no other plausible explanation. There are no negotiations taking place in New York The terminology we use to describe this basic problem which involves the future of our state is embracing. Who could compel a sovereign state to negotiate its own historic and constitutional name with another state?

The question must be closed the same way it was opened — at a multilateral level. When they receive a response they take it back to the mediator. And here their role ends; f the mediator assesses received information and tries to formulate an acceptable proposal for both sides; and g the proposals of the mediator are always surprises for everybody!

And this is what is happening in New York for almost 25 years… Who is responsible for that? This is an old and obligatory practice used by countries which are serious when entering such a process. Otherwise everything would be done irresponsibly, unprofessionally and ultimately illegally which will be harmful to the country. The situation in the region requires that this problem is solved.

The intermediates will bring these ideas to their governments, to see if they can be useful to go forward. More will be said about this in the Interim Accord section. After any successful negotiating process there usually is the signing of an agreement between the parties involved. This process, for us, has a multilateral character and this is how it must remain to the end.

Athens wants a multilateral solution, as she has stronger international position, but to finalize it with bilateral agreement in order to impose directly its conditions. An agreement with Greece is not only impossible but absolutely unnecessary It is the persistent insistence that any solution found to the problem must have direct agreement from Greece, which is utterly unacceptable to Macedonia.

Macedonia has no problem with its own name and therefore has no need of such an agreement, nor was such an agreement a requirement in the UN Security Council documents. If Macedonia were to enter into a bilateral agreement with Greece, then every outstanding issue on both sides must be addressed and resolved. One of the greatest outstanding issues is the situation of the Macedonian people living in Greece.

The rights, not only of those Macedonians living inside Greece but of all those exiled and their properties confiscated since must be addressed So it goes to show that this one-sided problem has only been concocted in order to exterminate Macedonia, not to help her overcome age-old issues created by Greece. That is why this entire process must end where it started: at the UN Security Council.

If a final agreement with Greece is signed, covering only a solution to our name, ipso facto, it will mean that all other outstanding issues between the two countries simply — do not exist. That is how it works in diplomatic practice. Even though it will be very difficult, better to say impossible, to get desired results, we still need to participate in the mediation process.

A solution should and must be sought only through a multilateral process and never bilaterally. From the outset, this problem had been internationalized by Washington and Athens because it suited them that way. Together the US and Greece had more clout in tackling the problem and Greece avoided being fingered as the main culprit. This way, from the very beginning, the dispute lost its bilateral character and became the subject of many multilateral bodies.

First the EC, then the UN So, Athens has again a leading role ready to impose its aspirations. At the beginning, having wide international support, Greece was stronger on multilateral level. Now, they are much better positioned if Macedonia has to search for solution and tries to sign an agreement with — Athens! Nowhere Macedonia is at greater disadvantage than there.

The well orchestrated U. American insistence on Macedonia signing the Interim Accord in , among other things, paved the way for signing the final agreement with Greece, which Macedonia cannot afford. No such demands, however, have ever been made by the UN Security Council in its documents. According to them the problem was opened and should be closed there.

It is purely a bilateral agreement, even though it is connected to the same issue. The logic is clear — after an interim agreement a final must follow! The fact that the U. The Interim Accord is American diplomatic vision, which has taken the UNSC resolution out of place and settled Macedonia with new very difficult commitments! It opened the way Macedonia to be obliged to negotiate with Greece, which is utterly unnecessary and insulting for the country.

To ask for permission when, where and how to use its name? Obviously, the idea is Macedonia willingly to capitulate! The aim of a permanent agreement with Greece may have a dual purpose, a to force Macedonia into a humiliating situation where it accepts the unacceptable, and or to b to put Macedonia into a deadlock because Athens will not yield to anything that Macedonia could accept.

There is no doubt that an agreement with Athens is not possible. The only way Greece to agree is if Macedonia is willing to capitulate. Is really the U. In continuing the mediation process, our efforts should now be concentrated on bringing back the talks under the UN Security Council real mandate. We should not allow any more excursions to take place outside of it, as was the case for many years.

Such indecent proposals we should ignore or torn apart immediately. When this is done, and I am sure Washington will not agree, Nimitz, nonetheless, will have to inform the UN Secretary General and tell him that the ball is now in his court. And such a development would be most beneficial for Macedonia. In parallel, we have to go back to the United Nations and initiate new procedures to register our official, constitutional and historical name, which was illegally denied us during the admission.

First, we have to come up with a precise strategy for this, supported by facts and arguments of which we have plenty. In spite of it, peace in the region has not been disrupted in the last 20 years. Not Macedonia. This, in no way, implied that we needed to have an agreement with Athens. It can be done by a new UN Security Council resolution.

There are hidden dangers in that procedure either, but for Macedonia is much worse when Greece is involved in the process. Being forced into an agreement with Athens puts us in an inferior position. There is no third option. Athens will never agree to nothing less than erasing the Macedonian people and removing them from the global ranking of nations.

Greece will not be content with just renaming our country and Washington knows that very well. How we can agree with Greece, to accept capitulation? Do we have to self scratch out our nation? For anyone, including the UN and U. Before that, we could consider different ways for solution, including a bilateral agreement with Greece. In that case the agreement must include all open issues that really exist between the two countries.

At that time could be used international arbitrage and proceed like Croatia and Slovenia did, or even to take the case to The Hague. As the things are today, there is no way we can work on an equal footing with Greece because we are already held hostage, blocked and blackmailed by NATO, EU… for more than 20 years. Now, forced to search understanding in Athens, Macedonia is being left without options and sacrificed in advance for others interests.

Is that the kind of democracy favored by Washington and Brussels? There are rules, procedures and principles even in politics, like there are in boxing, for example. Boxers box by category; those are the rules. No heavyweight is allowed to box with a lightweight because we all know what the outcome will be. Macedonia, being illegally handicapped for 20 years, cannot be forced to negotiate survival of the country and the nation with Greece, which is a not really touched by the problem; b not interested for its solution and c privileged user of wide and unprincipled international support.

The support given to the Greateralbanian aspirations in the country - is part of it. In the end, what is interesting about all this is the fact that Washington has no clear public stance on the Greek position in the dispute. Reeker , but never once have they mentioned what the other side Greece is expected to do, if anything. The fact is, however, that Washington wants to achieve its goal differently than Greek.

This too is erga omnes but in stages and with a slight delay. After few years, it will become erga omnes because we will need to change our passports, customs certificates and a whole slew of other documents And in the end, as such practice will mean its severe violation, and that is criminal act - we will be forced to change our Constitution, as well.

Practically, we will be renaming ourselves day by day. Step by step. By now it should be clear to everyone that Washington insisting Macedonia to find an agreement with Greece, means sacrificing Macedonia and the Macedonian people in advance. Why else would Washington publicly advocate for Macedonia to change its name meaning the Macedonian people to abandon their identity?

Could the name issue have been resolved in the early s? One of the main advocates of this thesis is Denko Maleski, first foreign minister of independent Macedonia. As undersecretary, I worked with Maleski in the then Ministry of Foreign Relations for about a year or so. There was not a Deputy-Minister meaning that I was second in line, after the Minister.

However, the main role was played by Gligorov, who controlled all levers of foreign policy by his own hands. However, regardless of what Maleski claims, there were no possibilities for an early solution of the issue. Speaking to the media, Maleski, several times reiterated that in there were other options open to Macedonia to join the UN.

This time, as he did other times, Maleski conveyed to the media that he believed that the U. Then Gligorov asked for guarantees but Major clearly said that he could not guarantee anything. Maleski not only does not mention the U. Even to those with minimal information is clear that such a thing is unthinkable in diplomacy! It is hard to believe that Maleski thought that if we accepted the supplement Skopje , Athens would agree?

Such a solution neither was, nor is possible. Only Maleski knows why there is such a vast difference between what he wrote in his book and for the column. How is it possible that a professor of international law, without regards that he was a foreign minister or not, does not know that we did not change the name of our state, which has always been Macedonia?

That only references were added to reflect its current political status which has no connection to its name? That, however, has nothing to do with the identity of the people, the language These possible and acceptable changes are not enough for Washington, Brussels, Athens…, they do not achieve their goals!

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With the supplement Skopje we were expected to unilaterally concede, as a gesture of goodwill, without getting anything in return, which in diplomacy, rarely, if ever, happens. Major suggested that we voluntarily make a change to our name and accept the consequences at own expense just to attempt to join the UN… with no guarantees… But before we changed our name we would have to change our Constitution, which enshrined the name of our state.

Was Major expecting Gligorov to act on his own in this regard? And who had the authority to arbitrarily change the Constitution without committing a crime. Back in Macedonia, taking such a step was unimaginable. Thus it would be only logical to assume that Major was not aware that our problems with Greece were much deeper than our name.

Major may not have been aware that Greece wanted no less than to obliterate everything Macedonian and nothing less would have been acceptable. However, the fact is that Major, and Britain as a whole, had some sympathy for our efforts and sincerely wanted to help us. This is also confirmed through my personal experience, while working in London as Ambassador Unfortunately, the British too had no enough room to maneuver to do anything more for us.

The speculations are invented only to blame the then political leaders. It is done by persons that do not understand that from the very beginning the problem is not the name but the Macedonian nation. What people also did not know and unfortunately many still are not aware of is that our problem is not with Greece but with the U. Owen was meeting with President Gligorov when he first heard the Macedonian story which left him incredibly optimistic.

It was obvious that he had come to the wrong conclusion, assuming that the problem was with us and thought if this was the case then he should be able to solve the problem in Athens! While continuing on his way to Athens, Owen left Ahrens in Skopje. I knew Ahrens personally, we both served in Peking, China in the early s. He told me that Owen left him in Macedonia so that he could liaise with Gligorov and through him finalize the details of the deal that Owen was expecting to hammer out with Greece!

Of course, nothing happened. A cold shower revived Owen in Athens. The plans for meeting in Skopje on his return were cancelled. Instead of having a formal meeting in Skopje, we met him at Petrovets Airport. During the talks nothing was mentioned about why Owen had come to this region. The meeting went about as if nothing had happened in the previous few days.

Our conversations had no theme! He was not ready to talk about the issue he came for and told us nothing about what happened in Athens. Obviously, he got the point that the problem was there and not here. In question was not his naivety but his - ignorance! Sublimate of the American policy in the Balkans, are the events in Kosovo in and the war in Macedonia.

We have also demonstrated that, when it came to Macedonia, the U. This is how America behaves not only in Macedonia and in the Balkans but worldwide. America always exercises its global policy in its best national interests. For Macedonia is crucial to understand that U. It means that the key for the solution of the problem is in Washington, not in Athens.

It is extremely important for Macedonians to understand that what the Americans are looking for is not an isolated case with the name separated from the other regional problems. On the contrary, the name is an important part of the American strategy for the realization of their interests in the region. The main role in the strategy is played by the Albanians.

Greece and Bulgaria which at the end of already started to block Macedonia in Brussels are just additional tools that are needed to help achieving the goals. Serbia no longer has a strong role because it has already been sacrificed for the American plans. There can be no doubt that the manager of this process is also none other than Washington.

There can be no mistake that the U. The two processes are not only parallel but also deeply inter-twined. They are connected as priorities of the American Balkan policy aiming at strengthening the position of the Albanians in the region. This is an important project with long-term consequences, unfortunately very negative for Macedonia and the Macedonian people and for the entire region.

The first victim of this policy was Serbia. On long run, this policy is absolutely contrary to the Greek strategic interests, as well. Blinded by anti-Macedonian hysteria and historical syndromes, Athens does not recognize those dangers. I had an interesting personal experience during my tour as Ambassador in Tirana In the document, openly or indirectly, was advocated a greater Albanian state.

Or, with other words — all Albanian to live in one state! When he was asked what the American position on this document was, newly appointed American Ambassador Limpreht first ignored its significance. His final judgment was that there was nothing contentious in it and that it did not call for use of force to achieve Albanian national objectives.

At that time it seemed that the Americans were not connected with the Albanian nationalism and extremism. However, soon after, it became evident that Washington was strongly behind it. It was proved that the Greater Albanian project was directly supported to serve American interests in the Balkans! That time we did not know that U. The very near future, the wars in Kosovo, in , and in Macedonia, in , proved who was right.

During the period when these conversations were taking place, American military experts were by then covertly engaged in the recruitment of KLA operatives and their preparation in secret camps in Albania. Naturally, the use of force followed not only with extensive U. So, it soon became clear why Ambassador Limpreht stood behind the Albanian document calling for a resolution to the Albanian National Question The document was clearly prepared if not with American blessings definitely with their knowledge.

Events that followed absolutely confirmed that! Washington never had any great trust in the Slavs in the Balkans or in the Greeks. The dissolution of Yugoslavia and the wars that followed turned the Albanians into a major U. Credit for this, of course, must be given to Milosevich and his extreme policies, which took the region hostage for almost a decade.

Albanians, on the other hand, were traditional enemies of the Serbs and were directly confronted with Milosevich. Thus, the way was open for a new partnership between the Albanians and the Americans. At the same time, the Albanians were willing to die for the realization of their dream, a greater Albania, for which the Americans were more than willing to oblige them.

So, U. Thus they indirectly support Tirana which constantly advocates on behalf of all Albanian people, wherever they live. The politicians there are ignoring that they have no mandate, much less the right to represent Albanians outside of Albania, living in Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, southern Serbia, Greece Even Albanian ambassadors to Skopje are using the same unacceptable vocabulary.

All this provocations are ignored by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This, unfortunately, was not done And nothing happened. The only conclusion is that Bujar was - right! As was already mentioned, events in Kosovo, which culminated in , were covertly prepared by the U. These activities were carried out to fulfill the prerequisites of two primary American goals: a the destruction of Milosevich and b the secession of Kosovo or unification of all Albanians.

Following the successful military operation in Kosovo in , a brief war took place in Macedonia in There is little doubt that the war in Macedonia was deliberate, planned and started in Kosovo, which at the time was a U. After achieving positive results in Kosovo, it was only logical that the next Albanian target would be Macedonia and the three municipalities in Southern Serbia, which we will not discuss here.

Where a minority would be elevated to status of ethnic community and Macedonia would become a pluralistic society and divided more than ever before. Ethnicities were institutionalized and with that, in place of overcoming the divisions, they were cemented in the Constitution. The achieved consociation has always been a temporary solution. So, the questions were — which the next step would be and, of course, what kind of final solution should be expected?

After separating Kosovo from Serbia, the question was no longer if, but when this project would be completed? The three municipalities in Southern Serbia and the four in Montenegro were of less importance. And, for now, liberating Chamiria from Greece was not the plan. The dream of all Albanians living together in a single state is not a pipe dream.

It is enshrined in the preamble of the Albanian Constitution and it is in its advanced stages of implementation. Many Albanians share this opinion, including political, scientific and intellectual elites. Only Gramos Pashko, Vice President in the first Berisha government, after the democratization of Albania, now deceased, said that it was a meaningless pipe dream.

None of the others rejected the concept. The explanations given, in general, were not brilliant, sound and precise but the term itself was not questioned. Nobody had a clear idea of what it really meant but no one distanced himself from it. Even though his statements challenged the territorial integrity of four sovereign states, no one reacted. By the end of and beginning of is registered a serial of nationalistic provocations coming from Tirana.

They are no doubt the result of Albanians assessments that regional unknotting is nearing and they have to place their requests. A culmination was recently reached when an illegal Albanian monument was removed from the centre in Preshevo, Serbia. Everything done to this day was done without any technical, tactical, or strategic errors.

The project progressed at a slow pace, millimeter by millimeter, and eventually reached its main goal - independence. Tirana played a role in all that, there should be no doubt about it. However, although the Albanian state was established in , it lacked the statesmanship and necessary experience to do this alone. Neither Albania nor Kosovo had capability to manage such a process.

So the question is, who and from where pulled the strings? The answer is yet to be determined. We can only confirm that, after the Yugoslav disintegration, this process was managed by the U. The Albanians, all these years, did not work on these plans alone. This is confirmed by a small but concrete example. There is no question that the well known American analyst and activist Janos Bugaiski is a major Albanian lobbyist.

The vocabulary of his address, although disguised, advocated for a greater Albanian outcome in the region. It was a provocation to find out who financed Bugaiski trip to Tirana for this particular conference? It was confirmed that the American Embassy in Tirana covered his expenses! Would the Americans be willing to pay for someone with whose views they did not agree?

In its attempts to impose its own interests in the Balkans, the United States has blocked all positive regional processes. Up to date the collateral damage have been Serbia and Macedonia and indirectly Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the future, without a doubt, U. S, policies will also prove extremely harmful to Greek interests. Had the crisis in Kosovo not taken place, the war in Macedonia would have been unthinkable.

In order to complete the entire project, for the Albanian nationalists and extremists is absolutely convenient and favorable the renaming of Macedonia and the Macedonian people. Up until , it seems for purely tactical reasons the Albanians in Macedonia have not shown much interest for the name issue. They were correct probably waiting for others to build up the case.

Now, however, Ali Ahmeti, obviously under American instructions, has launched an international offensive trying to search for solution. So, very soon, we can expect that Albanians in the country will start openly to support U. Similar to what Bulgaria did in December This means that pressure from these sources will mount and grow. He did this, no doubt, in coordination with Washington where the regional scenario had been planned.

There is a strong impression that the published text, which looked like a political manifesto, was probably not even formulated locally. And that is exactly what he did. He also asked that we follow the example of negotiations being conducted between Belgrade and Prishtina Dachich and Tachi. This naturally caused a storm of protests and objections from the top Macedonian journalists, experts, columnists This was the first time Reeker was treated negatively by the media.

In the face of complete American failure on the name issue, Reeker and Osmani are pushing us against the wall. But what do the Albanians really want? Should we, therefore, still publicly debate and maybe applaud it…? What would be the purpose? Just to prepare our capitulation. Thanks to the Americans, Albanians now have an independent Kosovo, and biggest part of their project is complete.

What remains is the part in Macedonia. But it seems that he forgets or do not want to see that the same project today is developed by the Americans, with great success. Now, everything else is a matter of time. This thesis, however, has nothing to do with reality. Or, Andov has no idea what is really happening in this region. Or, he is calculating with something else?

When we also add developments in and around Macedonia, at least from the war onwards, then we discover that Macedonia too is being slowly and unscrupulously albanized, then everything is becoming crystal clear. As we have said, this concept was secretly supported by the United States of America! Andov himself will have to explain how he arrived at his conclusion, which we believe is completely wrong, with regards to what is happening today.

Why people like Andov do not want to acknowledge all that or try to ignore and simply tolerate them — is different question. It depends on you and us whether Kichevo will be part or remain outside of the ethnic Albanian map! The merger of Kichevo is not just a dream of the people of Kichevo but of all Albanians. We want one Albanian administration from Tirana with its Mayor Basha extending to other Albanian communities, stretching over to Struga in Macedonia where another Albanian mayor will wait for us going to Kichevo where, there too, you are to be welcomed by another Albanian mayor and from there to Gostivar and Tetovo, reaching the capital Skopje of Izzet Mexhiti, City of Skender Bey, Hasan Prishtina and others, continuing to Kumanovo.

All these are Albanian administrations, exactly what we all desire; all this is part of Albania, our dream! We must be blind and deaf not to see and hear what is going on in our own country! Is everything not crystal clear? There is nothing more evident than the definition of this policy! Let us also mention that in the fall of , during the opening of the new school year, the Albanian national anthem was played on at least three separate occasions, not to mention at the University of Tetovo!

What else they have to do for us to understand what is going on? So there you go. We are not only deaf and blind, we are stupid as well! It would have been logical to have played the EU or the Bulgarian, or both anthems. For what reason was played the Albanian?