[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:21 PM Subject: Macedonia: Albanian Declaration A "Call To War" [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Macedonian Premier Says Albanian Declaration a "Call for War" SKOPJE, May 25, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski Thursday slammed an accord signed by Albanian parties and rebels in the north of the country as "a call for Albanians to wage war against Macedonia." "Two legitimate Albanian parties have joined a terrorist organization," which creates "a catastrophic situation in the country," said Georgievski. On Wednesday ethnic Albanian parties who joined a national unity government in Macedonia last week signed a joint declaration with rebel leaders on taking "common action" to find a solution to the separatist unrest. The declaration "is dangerous and clearly denotes a militant attitude," Georgievski told local TV. He added that it constituted "a serious attack" and "a call for Albanians to make war on the nation." He said the document, which reaffirms the demands of Albanian rebels, "was on a different platform" to that elaborated by President Boris Trajkovski and the various political parties in the country which sought to establish "a political dialogue" between Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The prime minister said that the initiative of the Albanian parties left "no room for discussions" and it "would harden their attitude." Meanwhile, the OSCE's ambassador in Macedonia, Robert Frowick, roundly criticized by Macedonian leaders for his views on ending the crisis, left for Vienna Thursday for an unspecified period of time, the organization's head of mission in Skopje, Carlo Ungaro, announced. Frowick's proposal to grant an amnesty to rebels fighting government forces had angered Macedonian leaders. His position "was contrary to the official position of the international community" and to the OSCE's mission in Skopje, Ungaro said. Frowick's "is not speaking for the mission of the OSCE (in Skopje) but for the presidency" of the organization, Ungaro added. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
