[ALBSA-Info] Trajkovski in the US

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 BETA: MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. LOBBY

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BETA DAILY NEWS
February 6

MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. LOBBY. Macedonian President Boris
Trajkovski asked U.S. President George Bush to lobby for Macedonia's
recognition with its constitutional name, Skopje TV station A1
reports.

During talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Feb. 4,
Trajkovski handed him a letter for Bush in which he asks him to
recognize Macedonia with its constitutional name.

Trajkovski called Bush and Powell to advocate that the proposal of the
International Crisis Group (ICG), which is mediating in
Greek-Macedonian negotiations on the name issue, be an official
proposal to the U.N..

ICG proposes that the international community recognize Macedonia
under this name and that Greece refer to the country as Upper
Macedonia, or that the two states make an agreement.

The Macedonian government decided on Feb. 5, to ask NATO for an
extension of its mandate in the country for another three months with
the possibility that it be extended again afterwards.

The reason for the request is that police have not yet completed their
return to villages that were besieged by the so-called National
Liberation Army, Macedonian government spokesman Djordji Trendafilov
said.



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