SKOPJE, July 19 (Hina) - Macedonia's President Boris Trajkovski on Thursday called on ethnic Albanian leaders, who threatened to withdraw from negotiations with Macedonian officials, to continue their participation in dialogue so that
all parties in concern could find a resolution of the current crisis in the country. "I hope they (Albanian leaders) will continue dialogue. They bear responsibility as politicians towards their voters and they also have responsibility towards the international community," Trajkovski said after a meeting with parliamentary party leaders, at which international mediators James Pardew of the United States and Francois Leotard of the European Union were present. Representatives of two strongest Albanian parties - the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) and the Party of Democratic Prosperity (PDP) which are members of the ruling coalition - did not show up a this meeting. T
SKOPJE, July 19 (Hina) - Macedonia's President Boris Trajkovski on
Thursday called on ethnic Albanian leaders, who threatened to
withdraw from negotiations with Macedonian officials, to continue
their participation in dialogue so that all parties in concern
could find a resolution of the current crisis in the country.
"I hope they (Albanian leaders) will continue dialogue. They bear
responsibility as politicians towards their voters and they also
have responsibility towards the international community,"
Trajkovski said after a meeting with parliamentary party leaders,
at which international mediators James Pardew of the United States
and Francois Leotard of the European Union were present.
Representatives of two strongest Albanian parties - the Democratic
Party of Albanians (DPA) and the Party of Democratic Prosperity
(PDP) which are members of the ruling coalition - did not show up a
this meeting. These two parties previously announced that they did
not want to take part in political negotiations any longer.
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