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From: yane@io.org (yane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: MIC NEWS-16 January 1995
Date: 16 Jan 1995 11:04:09 -0500
Organization: Internex Online, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (416 363 3783)
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SKOPJE, 16 JANUARY, 1995 (MIC)
JAMES BAKER: " TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR TO SKOPJE
IMMEDIATELY!"
Former Secretary of State James Baker, commenting, two
days ago, certain aspects of the U.S. foreign policy at a hearing
in the Congressional committee for international relations, said
that the Clinton administration should immediately dispatch a
fully accredited ambassador to Skopje.
"I believe that Macedonia," Baker emphasized, "where we
have more than 500 American observers in the field, is a
particularly dangerous zone, and I feel that NATO should send a
clear message, sustained with a convincing threat with force,
that the Alliance will not allow Macedonia to become the focus of
a broader Balkan conflict. According to my opinion, that should
also encompass a clear signal to Greece that its NATO partners
will not tolerate the unfounded and illegal embargo against
Macedonia any longer, and that means that the administration
should stop complying with the domestic political interests and
immediately send a fully accredited ambassador to Skopje."
Commenting the situation in the region, Baker expressed
support of the efforts of the Contact-group for finding a
diplomatic or political solution to the crisis and as well as the
idea for the U.S. not to enter Bosnia neither with air, nor land
forces. "But, if this war spills over, for example, into
Macedonia - that's also why I mentioned it separately in my
statement, and there is a true risk for that, then it will come
to a broader Balkan war," Baker added. "And history has taught us
that the U.S. can't stand an unstable Europe. So, in the end, if
it comes to a broader European war, we would find ourselves over
there, yet again. And if something happens in Macedonia, it will
come to an involvement of an entire line of countries - Bulgaria,
Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Greece."
"My opinion," Baker concludes, "is that only way to
prevent that is by taking an approach such as we were not in a
possibility of taking when Yugoslavia started falling apart, that
is, for this to become a mission of the North Atlantic Alliance -
to redefine the mission of the Alliance, for it to also encompass
the maintenance of the peace and the stability of the European
committee. And to tell those who are tempted by adventures in
Macedonia, that, if they do that, they will face all the force
and fierceness of the Alliance."
AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE MACEDONIANS
The U.S. Assistant Foreign Minister Nancy Ellie-Rafael,
in charge of questions concerning human rights, who is staying in
Greece for a couple of days, also met in Thessaloniki with
representatives of the Macedonian national minority, whereby she
was informed about the position of the Macedonians in Greece.
The leader of the "Macedonian Movement for Balkan
Prosperity" Pavlos Vaskopolous, who, together with Tashko Bulev,
had a longer discussion with the U.S. high official and U.S.
consul in Thessaloniki, said that they exchanged opinions as to
the ways in which they could change the situation of full denial
of the existence of a Macedonian minority in Greece.
Previously, Rafael, together with the consul, had a
meeting with the mayor Konstantinos Kosmopoulos, as well as the
Minister for Macedonia and Trakia, Kostas Trijaridis. In the
Greek media, Rafael's entire stay in Greece was literally
unnoticed, while some newspapers said that it had come to a
meeting with representatives of the self-proclaimed "Macedonian
movement for Balkan prosperity," which, as it was stressed,
gathered "a group of people who promote pro-Skopje stances."
PAPANDREOU TURNED CLINTON DOWN
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou rejected the proposal
made by the President of the U.S. Bill Clinton, for dialogue
without prerequisites, with, as he said, "Albania, Skopje and
Turkey." In yesterday's interview for the newspaper "Katimerini,"
he emphasized that a dialogue at a high political level would be
futile and would create greater tension, if the framework of the
dialogue is not previously determined, and if some questions that
apply to the human rights are not previously settled.
In the same interview, Prime Minister Papandreou
underlines that "as long as Gligorov shows no signs of an
intention to yield, there can be no direct dialogue." He blames
Turkey for the creation of "lasting tension in the Aegean," and
in relation to Albania, notes that a "partial step on the
Albanian side" has been made.
As regards the Greek embargo against the Republic of
Macedonia, Papandreou said that "it will remain in effect
regardless of the decisions of the European Court." As it is
known, the legality of the Greek blockade against its Balkan
neighbor will be reviewed by the European Court of Justice on
February 1, at the request of the European Commission. Yesterday,
Papandreou warned the Macedonian leaders not to put all their
hopes into "a criticism of the European Court of Greece." Greece
will keep the "stable diplomatic front" against Macedonia,
regardless of the Court, stated Papandreou.
ELECTIONS IN MACEDONIA - FAIR AND FREE
The results of the OSCE Summit held in Budapest around
a month ago, were summed up in the meeting of the Standing
committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
European Security and Cooperation, which was held in Vienna these
last two days. In addition, a number of decisions were made,
which apply to the future activities of this Council, during
1995. A discussion was also opened in regards to the report of
the delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on the results
of the elections in Macedonia, which were graded as fair, free
and democratic. The Standing committee adopted a resolution on
the situation in Chechenia, whereby it appealed for an end to the
violence and the implementation of the principles and standards
of the OSCE.
"On behalf of the Parliament of the Republic of
Macedonia, I suggested that this forum make a recommendation
urging for an urgent implementation of the resolution of the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly, adopted in July, last year, which
requests that the Republic of Macedonia be admitted to this
organization as soon as possible, that the Greek embargo be
lifted, and that our country be compensated for the embargoes
from north and south," stated the head of the Macedonian
delegation, the member of the Macedonian Parliament Panche Nasev.
IMPERATIVE FOR STABILITY
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Tansu
Chiler, in the interview for the newspaper in Turkish language
"Birlik," assessed the political and economic stability of
Macedonia as a factor of great significance for the stability of
the whole region.
"Macedonia is located in the heart of the Balkans and
its political and economic stability are of great importance for
the stability of the region, therefore we are following the
democratic processes in Macedonia with great interest..." "Turkey
is also giving great importance to the recognition of Macedonia
under its constitutional name and the integration of Macedonia
into the regional and international institutions," says, among
the rest, the Turkish Prime Minister Chiler, stressing, in the
interview, that "the Republic of Turkey will continue giving
support to Macedonia in every aspect."