SG/SM/6134

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ENVOY, AGREE TO FURTHER TALKS IN JANUARY

18 December 1996


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SG/SM/6134


REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ENVOY, AGREE TO FURTHER TALKS IN JANUARY

19961218 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 18 December with the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Cyrus Vance. This was their tenth round of talks. The Greek side was represented by the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Ambassador Christos Zacharakis. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was represented by Ambassador Ivan Tosevski. The parties continued to exchange views in the context of article 5 of article 5 of the Interim Accord. Both parties agreed to continue their direct discussions under Mr. Vance's auspices towards the end of January 1997.

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