I SUSPOSE THAT IF SERBIA-MACEDONIA ***** OF KOSOVO, THEY COULD ALWAYS
STIR UP ETHNIC ISSUES INSIDE *BOTH" COUNTRIES. AND IF MACEDONIA'S
LEADERSHIP GIVES INTO KOSOVO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS TO MACEDONIAN
HARDLINERS.
KOSOVA'S PRIME MINISTER REVIVES BORDER DISPUTE WITH MACEDONIA
Prime Minister Agim Ceku said on April 26 that Kosova's border with
Macedonia needs to be renegotiated, Reuters reported. Speaking in the
border village of Debelde, Ceku said a 2001 agreement signed between
Serbia and Macedonia deprived Kosova of 1,200 hectares of farmland. He
called that agreement, which the UN Security Council endorsed, invalid.
"Serbia doesn't have any right to sign anything related to Kosova
because they have no authority over Kosova," Ceku said. "Macedonia must
start realizing they have a new neighbor. Kosova is Macedonia's new
neighbor." Macedonia hoped to persuade Ceku to accept the 2001
agreement at a meeting scheduled for May 5 in Skopje. But Ceku is
insisting that border demarcation not begin until Kosova's status is
decided and Prishtina can renegotiate the agreement. Macedonian
President Branko Crvenkovski said he has "no intention of
renegotiating." BW
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