SKOPJE, March 28 (Hina) - Croatia does not benefit from any crisis in the region, including the crisis in Macedonia, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic was quoted by the Macedonian Television as saying last night. Mesic added that he
had been acquainted with several initiatives proposed by various parties according to which he should travel to Macedonia on a good-will mission. This would not be a classic mediation between the two parties which are set on the equal footing, but this would rather be a call on the parties in concern to settle the crisis in a peaceful manner, he explained. Asked whether it was true that Albanians took part in the war in Croatia (helping Croatian forces to fight against Serb rebels), Mesic answered that some Albanians from Kosovo, Macedonia, and even from Albania participated in the war, aligning themselves with the Croatians, but most of them accounted for ethnic A
SKOPJE, March 28 (Hina) - Croatia does not benefit from any crisis
in the region, including the crisis in Macedonia, Croatian
President Stjepan Mesic was quoted by the Macedonian Television as
saying last night.
Mesic added that he had been acquainted with several initiatives
proposed by various parties according to which he should travel to
Macedonia on a good-will mission. This would not be a classic
mediation between the two parties which are set on the equal
footing, but this would rather be a call on the parties in concern to
settle the crisis in a peaceful manner, he explained.
Asked whether it was true that Albanians took part in the war in
Croatia (helping Croatian forces to fight against Serb rebels),
Mesic answered that some Albanians from Kosovo, Macedonia, and even
from Albania participated in the war, aligning themselves with the
Croatians, but most of them accounted for ethnic Albanians from
Kosovo.
At the end of his interview the Croatian head of state expressed
wish that very soon the Macedonian government and representatives
of the ethnic Albanians may sit at the table to discuss and solve
issues such as the university, language and participation of
Albanians in institutions of the system.
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