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MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER IN BITTER PUBLIC FEUD OVER NAME NEGOTIATIONS
Date: 2008 October 6, 06:25 (Monday) Canonical ID: 08SKOPJE606_a
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2. (C) The GoM's chief negotiator on the name issue, Nikola Dimitrov,
told the Ambassador Sept. 30 that President Crvenkovski and PM
Gruevski are deadlocked over how to proceed with these negotiations.
Dimitrov said the two have fundamentally different approaches and
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4. (C) Dimitrov reported that Nimetz told him that he will present a
final package very soon as a "take it or leave it" deal for capitals
to consider. (Dimitrov told us Oct. 1 that Nimetz has called for a
meeting in New York for Oct. 7.) Dimitrov added that, according to
Nimetz, Greek FonMin Bakoyannis viewed Nimetz's latest proposal as
entirely unacceptable to Greece, primarily on the issues of scope of
use of a new name and the use of "Macedonian" as the adjective to
describe national identity. Dimitrov had little hope that Athens
would find another Nimetz proposal acceptable, and that the current
political stalemate here would preclude any serious consideration in
Skopje. He predicted this would lead to a prolonged pause in
negotiations. In recent previous discussions with us, Dimitrov has
told us that Nimetz is frustrated and confessed to be "running out of
ideas."
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down in history as the leader who lost Macedonia's name and identity;
these are more crucial than Euro-Atlantic integration. Dimitrov
opined that Gruevski believes Macedonia can survive and even prosper
without NATO and EU membership. Dimitrov professed to be deeply
concerned that Macedonia's e-Albanian community will rapidly become
dissatisfied with the lack of movement toward these Western
institutions and that interethnic tensions will rise, perhaps
rapidly.
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