Former FM: 'North Macedonia, welcome into our lives

[Papastratosels26]

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, one of the architects of the Prespes accord, welcomed the approval of the agreement by the Parliament in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Friday, saying “history should be a school and not a prison.”

“I spoke with [PM] Zoran [Zaev] and [FM] Nikola [Dimitrov]. We remembered the difficulties, the tiredness, the tensions, the trust and the hopes we felt working on the agreement,” he said in a tweet.

“We dreamt of the common future of the two peoples. North Macedonia, welcome into our lives,” he added.

FYROM's Parliament passed an amendment to the constitution to rename the country “Republic of North Macedonia,” in line with an agreement with Greece to put an end to a 27-year-old dispute.

Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favor. Representatives of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, who opposed the agreement with Greece, boycotted the vote.

The countries struck the deal on the new name in June, but FYROM will start using it only after the parliament in Athens also ratifies the agreement.

[Papastratosels26]

http://www.ekathimerini.com/236522/a...into-our-lives

[MiloshN]

Ya, change the name, and from tomorrow your life will be better.
Again, one more crafty game of Western countries where we're turning out stupid again. But time will show!

[Papastratosels26]

[Novi Pazar]

What can l say, the push to keep them away from Russia. Russia is their only real friend. Good luck to Nth Macedonia.

[Div]

bwahaha get rekt Russia, the more nations that adjust their borders the more leeway is given towards their absorption into NATO. Russia wants this conflict to be frozen to not allow any progress by Europe to be made into joining NATO and eventually the EU. They do the same thing in Kosovo and Bosnia. I wouldn't be surprised if the duginists/Russophiles in Macedonia were to subvert the whole thing or almost collapse the current government like in Montenegro.

The 4 state policy of Russia is collapsing.

[Papastratosels26]

North Macedonia soon will join NATO and EU. All these protests are organized by Kremlin.

[Mingle]

North Macedonia soon will join NATO and EU. All these protests are organized by Kremlin.

You support the name change?

[Papastratosels26]

You support the name change?

Of course. This name dispute embarrassing both nations. It was the best solution omo

[Papastratosels26]

bwahaha get rekt Russia, the more nations that adjust their borders the more leeway is given towards their absorption into NATO. Russia wants this conflict to be frozen to not allow any progress by Europe to be made into joining NATO and eventually the EU. They do the same thing in Kosovo and Bosnia. I wouldn't be surprised if the duginists/Russophiles in Macedonia were to subvert the whole thing or almost collapse the current government like in Montenegro.

The 4 state policy of Russia is collapsing.

I hope too