[ALBSA-Info] Condemning provocateurs

[Agron Alibali]

 Albanian party sees border incidents as harmful to
Albanian cause 

Source: Dnevnik, Skopje, in Macedonian 24 Feb 01 p 3 


Text of report by Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik on 24
February 

"Macedonia's northern border has come under attack
from uncontrolled criminal groups that pose a threat
to all the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia,
especially to the Albanians themselves. Their actions
are not linked to attempts to achieve certain
political goals, but rather to aggravate interethnic
relations in Macedonia," DPA [Democratic Party of
Albanians, PDSh in Albanian] spokesman Ernad Feizulahu
told Dnevnik. According to him, the attacks by the
opposition parties in the country are aimed at
"toppling the government and branding a separate
entity as a destabilizing factor in the region". 

"Through the OVK [Kosovo Liberation Army - UCK in
Albanian] saga, the Albanians put an end to the
military phase. Today, some criminals try to hide
behind the OVK's name, which used to be highly
respected by the international community," Feizulahu
said. In the spokesman's opinion, the international
community knows that "this is an attempt to isolate
the Albanians" so as to enable certain centres to
regain their positions in the region. 

The leadership of the second largest party of
Albanians in Macedonia believed that Georgievski's
government should cooperate more seriously with UNMIK
[UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] in
Kosovo and with the political representatives of the
Kosovo Albanians. The PDP [Party for Democratic
Prosperity, PPD in Albanian] felt that the armed
actions on Macedonia's northern border should not be
allowed to influence the attitude towards all the
Albanians in the region. 


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