GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA DECIDE TO MEET AGAIN, UNDER AUSPICES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PERSONAL ENVOY, AT DATE TO BE AGREED

18 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6931

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA DECIDE TO MEET AGAIN, UNDER AUSPICES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PERSONAL ENVOY, AT DATE TO BE AGREED

19990318 The following statement was issued yesterday 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 16 March 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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