GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TO MEET IN FEBRUARY, FOLLOWING EXCHANGE OF VIEWS THIS WEEK

30 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6449

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TO MEET IN FEBRUARY, FOLLOWING EXCHANGE OF VIEWS THIS WEEK

19980130 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 27 and 29 January, 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 in the last week of February.

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