VIDEO | Stojkoski: US policy makes it clear that a return to the Prespa Agreement can not happen

The NATO Summit is not an end in itself, but it is intended to see how the Allies will discuss the Alliance's strategic commitments for the future, what the priorities will be, how to deal with contemporary threats, so there is a lot to do. topics they are likely to talk about. What does not concern us is the recent development of policies within the United States and Biden's position on priorities, the fight against corruption, relations with Russia, the stabilization of the Balkan region and Southeast Europe. The second interest is the further development of relations with Bulgaria, Andreja Stojkovski from the Prespa Institute told the Morning Briefing.

- I do not expect that all problems will be resolved, as was not resolved during the trip of Pendarovski and Radev to Rome, but high-level contacts at this time create trust between the two sides. I think that after a very long period of discussion through the media in which the citizens and some other participants talked, they created animosity between the two nations and I think that this is the way to go further and build a kind of trust.

What we need to keep in mind is that the real name of the Agreement was an Agreement for the final settlement of the dispute between the two countries over the name of the country and for the creation and creation of a strategic partnership. The name change was a step that had to be taken. Creating a strategic partnership is a process that will continue, probably indefinitely, as long as the states have the will for it and there can always be more work done, to upgrade the friendship or partnership in different areas. From the aspect of creating a strategic partnership, there is a long list of Memoranda of Cooperation and Understanding between the two countries signed in different areas, decisions for the establishment of working groups in several areas.

I know for sure that a working group was constituted to look into the use of trademarks, so that a good part of the process and the implementation of Doogovr from Prespa has been done, is being done and will continue to be done in the future. If you remember well when the Agreement was negotiated, when they explained it at the end, our ministers and the Prime Minister pointed out that part of the implementation will follow in addition to the moment of EU accession negotiations and the final use of the new constitutional name in different areas, ie as the negotiations close. Regarding the use of the name and adjectives Agreement is very clear. No organization established as a Citizens' Association has the obligation to adjust the use of the constitutional name or the use of the name Macedonia in its appearances, abbreviations, etc. until it uses funds from the state.

The establishment of FFM was done on the basis of that Law on Associations and Foundations. If FFM does not receive funds from the state then it has no obligation to use the name. The adjectives are very clear - it is a national team of Northern Macedonia, but it can also be a Macedonian national football team and it is well, precisely regulated when using Macedonian, when using Northern Macedonia. It can not be a northern Macedonian football team, here is the Agreement more than precise and in the end the international code used was accepted after independence, it is the MKD code used by UEFA in presenting the country, it is accepted with The agreement, only for the license plates of the vehicles was agreed to be NMK, from there I do not see why the intervention would hold. I guess that the change of government in Greece in some periods will make some interventions and objections, to remain consistent with the policies she pointed out, but the Prespa Agreement is a done deal, there is no going back - says Stojkovski.

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