Ivo Skoric on Sat, 12 Jul 2003 06:01:17 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> What is in the name? |
So, Macedonia signed the agreement with the US not to extradite Americans to the international court. More interestingly, it signed that agreement as a Republic of Macedonia, NOT under its officially recognized name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its government sees that as a 'great step forward' - Greek government has a headache. ivo RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 125, Part II, 3 July 2003 MACEDONIAN PRIME MINISTER LAUDS 'GREAT STEP FORWARD' IN NAME DISPUTE... Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski told MIA news agency on 2 July that he believes signing an extradition-immunity agreement with the United States under the name Macedonia could be a major breakthrough in the country's long-standing name dispute with Greece. Responding to criticism that the country's constitutional name is Republic of Macedonia, Crvenkovski said: "We have never had problems with the term 'republic' regarding the name dispute with Greece,... but the problem was in regard to the term 'Macedonia.'" He cautioned, however, against expecting a quick resolution of the name dispute, saying it will be "a battle that will last." Under Greek pressure, the country was recognized by the UN and other international institutions under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 27 June and 2 July 2003). UB ...AS GREEK GOVERNMENT VOICES CONCERN. Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Panos Biglitis has expressed concern that the term Macedonia was used in the Republic of Macedonia's extradition-immunity agreement with the United States, Deutsche Welle's "Monitor" reported on 2 July. According to Biglitis, Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou has contacted U.S. Ambassador to Greece Thomas Miller and has also written a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in connection with the matter. Biglitis underscored that using the term Macedonia in a bilateral agreement cannot be a "test for the final resolution of the name dispute," which can only be achieved under the auspices of the UN. UB # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net