GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA DECIDE TO MEET AGAIN ON DATE TO BE AGREED

2 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6347

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA DECIDE TO MEET AGAIN ON DATE TO BE AGREED

19971002 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 2 October under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Cyrus Vance. 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 the Interim Accord. They decided to meet again on a date to be agreed.

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