Red Greece - Suddenly Greece supports Euro-Atlantic orientation of Macedonia ?

Suddenly Greece supports Euro-Atlantic orientation of Macedonia ?

What do you think is true or another lie from Athens. This is transcript from Grece minister.. Greece supports the Euro-Atlantic orientation of Macedonia, the Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said Tuesday. He gave this statement at a meeting with foreign journalists accredited in Athens, the Bulgarian news agency Focus reported. Koumoutsakos did not specify whether Greece intends to impose veto on the Macedonia's membership in EU and NATO in case no solution is found on the differences over the constitutional name of Macedonia. "Certainly, the Greek side may vote against and put veto on the country's membership in EU and NATO, however, our external policy is focused on achieving stability and good neighborly relations on the Balkans", said the spokesman. He pointed out that Greece sees the name difference as a political issue that has nothing to do with "sentiments or history".

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First off the EU recognizes the country as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the negotiations with the EU are held using this reference. Whether or not it is vetoed depends on the FYROM's ability to show commitment to prior promises such as resolving its name issue with Greece and also stop trying to STEAL Greek history and use Greek landmarks located currently within Greece's borders on their publications and money. If your policy is focused on achieving stability and good neighborly relations on the Balkans FYROM, Then stop procrastinating and begin on resolving your issues. It has been determined that your name is infact illegal so stop dilly dallying and correct your errors! Maybe then the EU and the rest of the international community will take you seriously. You have not yet demonstrated that you are will to abide by decision of the EU as of yet. And this is a response to some of your other ridiculous claims in the past: OK let's clear this up once and for all. There is nothing wrong or any problems with Greeks and Macedonia (it would be like the US having a problem with NY) The problem is that there are groups who have no culture or history of their own and want to STEAL ours. Also Alexander the Great considered himself to be Greek. Also it is very offensive that FYROM was attempting to use symbols and landmarks that are well within the Greek borders even today (it would be like Canada printing money with the Statue of Liberty on them.) It is a clear attack on OUR heritage and history and we will not stand for it. Unfortunately, I am force to stereotype the actions as of those of Gypsies who wander and take whatever they can. This is wrong and outright illegal. So this is not about human rights this is about recognizing a government and a sovereign state. Well we do recognize YOU. We recognize you as THEIVES and PIRATES who attack and plunder our heritage and history and we will deal with this matter as peacefully as possible and within the terms of international law but we will deal with it. So I ask this since there is no problem with Greeks and TRUE Macedonians since we are one and the same, what is the problem with the imposters and thieves of OUR history? Why can't you get your own? And don't say you have your own because it is like Italy trying to revive the Roman Empire. It is not realistic or fair to the world community. Learn to respect and not steal from us and then complain when we call you out on it. Also If you want to quote the media: The United Nations' special mediator between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name of the Balkan country stated Skopje's bid to join NATO could be the vital catalyst to solve the dispute. Following a turbulent few days for the «Macedonia» issue, during which Canada recognized FYROM as the «Republic of Macedonia» and Athens complained about the use of this name at the UN by a FYROM official, UN envoy Matthew Nimetz believes that a solution could be in sight. «NATO and the EU are very important priorities for Skopje and, in my opinion, very important for the whole area,» he said. «The name issue is very important for Greece. «If the name is solved, it would help the progress of important developments, such as the incorporation of the whole region into the institutions of the EU and NATO.» FYROM is hoping to be given the green light to join NATO at the organization's summit next April but Greece has threatened to veto its neighbor's accession if the name dispute is not resolved by a mutually acceptable solution. Nimetz believes that the time line created by the NATO summit is a «very important» factor in negotiations. He also expects the US to have a significant input in the matter. «The USA can play a useful role, as can other European states, but the US has a lot of credibility,» said Nimetz. Nimetz censured UN General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim for addressing his compatriot Branko Crvenkovski as “president of Macedonia,” because it ran counter to the provisions of the Security Council and would have repercussions. Greece's mission to the U.N. organized a press conference to declare as "unacceptable" the General Assembly president's shortening the name to Macedonia when he introduced the nation's president, Branko Crvenkovski. Ever since the country gained independence after the breakup of the six-member Yugoslav federation in 1991, Athens has maintained the name Macedonia belongs to a Greek province and not to the new republic. Srgjan Kerim, the president of the 62nd session of the General Assembly, is the former foreign minister and U.N. ambassador of the Balkan nation - a connection that was not overlooked by Greece. "Mr. Kerim, with his action today, and acting under instructions from his government, has irreparably damaged for the duration of his term, his standing and credibility as president of the General Assembly of the United Nations," Greece's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "This unacceptable action of Mr. Kerim reaffirms the provocative and uncompromising position of the government of Skjope," it said, avoiding altogether the country's name by referring to the capital. Due to Greek opposition, most international bodies - including the United Nations, the European Union and NATO - use the acronym FYROM, for Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, when referring to the new republic. Despite the name dispute, the two neighboring nations enjoy close political and trade relations. The Greek statement followed a point of order made during the assembly to its president by Greece's U.N. ambassador, John Mourikis, who cited U.N. resolutions dating back to 1993 that "decided that this country will be provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia pending settlement of the difference that has arisen over the name of this state." U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq agreed with the ambassador's point about the official name for the nation at the world body. He said an envoy has been working with the governments of Greece and FYROM "trying to straighten out the issue of the name ... and we hope that work will show some results." It is very clear what the Security Council's resolutions say about the temporary name in the UN. It is clear what is the correct name for this country and it was not used. That has repercussions. Of course, the president of the General Assembly was in a very peculiar position. But he could have withdrawn, pleading a personal impediment, and allowed his replacement to handle the matter within the framework set by the Security Council's resolutions. There were many ways of handling the issue. He chose one that will have repercussions on the progress of bilateral relations and the solution of the issue. The temporary name applies in the UN. Anything that makes the atmosphere more difficult does not help.The UN and Americans are convinced that Greece definitely isn’t bluffing. In the summer US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told her counterpart in Skopje that there was “a serious issue with Greece,” but until recently the American officials concerned believed that warnings about a veto in NATO were part of Karamanlis’s election campaign. Following contacts last week at the UN, they were convinced that indeed no Greek government would agree to FYROM’s joining NATO (or the EU), if the issue of the name were not solved first. In procedural terms, it is not necessary to exercise a veto. Athens could easily claim that conditions were not yet ripe and that FYROM had not yet fulfilled certain technical requirements for entry into NATO. The mistake made by UN General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim in addressing his compatriot Branko Crvenkovski as “president of Macedonia” is an infringement of Security Council resolutions (817 and 843 of 1995) and came after other recent actions, such as the renaming of Skopje airport as Alexander the Great, and bolstered the Greek position. Nimetz’s most recent “compromise” proposal, which most Greeks found indigestible, was “Republika Makedonija-Skopje.” Athens accepted it as a basis for negotiation, but Skopje rejected it, even though it is the same as the country’s constitutional name, but in the Cyrillic alphabet. Greece will dedicate a museum to Alexander the Great in the northern town of Pella, "This is very important, also in political terms," she said. In recent years, Greece has faced a challenge from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the spiritual rights to Alexander's heritage and has been at pains to stress that the ancient Macedonians were Greek. But the tiny Balkan nation, which became independent after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, has staked a claim as it lies on what was once a SMALL PARTof ancient Macedonia. Greece has refused to recognize its neighbour under its constitutional name of Macedonia because that is also the name of the northern Greek province of Macedonia. Athens has threatened to block Skopje's bid to join the European Union and NATO until it changes its name, and efforts by the UN to resolve the 15-year dispute have so far proved fruitless. Skopje last year infuriated Athens by officially renaming its capital's main airport after Alexander the Great. Born in Pella, Greece in 356 BC, Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and much of the world known to ancient Greeks before dying in 323 BC.
Simply, No, do not support
There is mass confusion going on. The MAD GREEK is mad because his forefathers stole our noble Illyrian history, our brave warriors, commited cultural genocide on the Albanians of Epirus, and the Slavic Macedonians by denying their cultural rights, as a matter of fact the entire Arvanities are a group of people that suffer from the "Stockholm Syndrome", now some pretenders, upstarts, usurpers like your sad excuse for a nation arises and lays claim to "Alexander the Great" and they do not want to lose him because they have been at it for over 2000 years stealing him from us, and they will be damned if they will allow you to take it from him. I hope your two nations destroy one another because both of them have Albanian blood on their hands.