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MILS - NEWS                                  November 10, 1992


OUTSIDE FORCES SET UP RIOT IN MACEDONIA
Skopje. The Albanian riot which took place in Skopje, the
Macedonian capital, last Friday may have been set up by outside
forces, according to sources in the Macedonian Interior Ministry.
The Interior Ministry is responsible for police and the
intelligence service.
The Macedonian police have officially stated that 26 people
arrested during the riot did not hold Macedonian citizenship, but
were Albanians from Kosovo and Albania. They were immediately
deported. 
According to sources in the Interior Ministry, five of the
leaders of the demonstration were identified as belonging to the
Serbo-Yugoslav Military Intelligence Service (KOS). These sources
also confirmed that during the riot there was a large
concentration of Serbo-Yugoslav tanks and armoured vehicles on
the Macedonia-Kosovo border. As soon as the riot began, the
Serbo-Yugoslav police, according to the Ministry sources, offered
their assistance to the Macedonian Interior Ministry. However,
the offer was turned down.
Speakers at the funerals of the three ethnic Albanians who were
killed in the riot said that this wasn't the time to give
political speeches, but a time for cooling passions, so that
Albanians would not be provoked again. The Albanian side is well
aware that its people were manipulated and were used as
instruments by outside forces during the riot.
The Greek government released an official statement that it
cannot guarantee Macedonia's existing borders if Macedonia was
recognised under its existing name. Greek television gave
enormous coverage to the riot and allowed extreme Albanian
nationalists the chance to attack the republic by claiming that
the Albanian minority were being mistreated in Macedonia. It is
believed that Greek television used the incident to influence
world opinion against the recognition of the Republic of
Macedonia by showing that the republic is unable to control its
affairs within its borders. 

ALBANIANS DEMAND MD MACEDONIAN MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
Skopje. The ethnic Albanian Party in Macedonia, PDP, today called
for the Macedonian Minister for the Interior, Ljubomir Frckovski,
to resign his job over his handling of last week's riot in
Skopje.
PDP has threatened to pull out of the coalition government if its

demand is not met. There are five ethnic Albanian ministers.
The party's president, Nevzet Halili said that there evidently
was a pro-Serbian element in the Macedonian police force. PDP 
claimed those Albanian who had died during the time of the riot
had gunshot wounds in the back and were not near the scene of the
violence. PDP said this tragic event is against the interests of
everybody in Macedonia. "You don't have to be a genius to realise
that behind the provocations were internal and external forces
wanting to destabilise Macedonia. The Albanian party was angry
with the Macedonian media for biased reporting of the riot and
Macedonian television for not covering the funerals.

GLIGOROV AND MALESKI IN US
Skopje. The Macedonian President, Kiro Gligorov, and Foreign
Minister, Denko Maleski, met with United States Assistant
Secretary of State , Lawrence Eagleburger, and  National Security
Council advisor, Brent Scowcroft.
Gligorov and Maleski said the political situation in Macedonia,
and, indeed, the whole Balkans region could get worse, if
Macedonia was not recognised.

EC MEMBERS CAN INDIVIDUALLY RECOGNISE MACEDONIA
Skopje. Greek Prime Minister, Constantine Mitsotakis, according
to sources in Athens, received from European leaders "non
papers," that indicate that individual European Community members
could recognise Macedonia at the EC's Edinburgh summit in
December.
Non papers are unofficial diplomatic documents.

GREECE WOULD STRENGTH FRONTIER
MILITARY UNITS
Skopje. Miliatidis Evert, a member of the Greek government and
confident of the former Foreign Minister, Andonis Samaras, warned
the EC that if his country's interests were ignored, it would be
forced to close its border with Macedonia, and send the National
Guard to strengthen the frontier military units.
"The knife has cut right through the bone," wrote the Greek
Foreign Minister, Michalis Papaconstantinou, in a letter to EC
members. In other words, there is no room for compromise.
Papaconstantinou urged that the Lisbon Declaration be upheld.

SECRET SERB-GREEK DEAL
Skopje. According to Nova Makedonija's correspondent in Greece,
there is speculation in Athens that Serbia and Greece are ready
to make a secret deal on Macedonia.
The two Balkan states would supposedly protect Macedonia's
existing borders, if that country was invaded. It is believed
Greece is trying to show its EC partners that it has good
intentions towards Macedonia, just as long as the republic
changes its name.

ALBANIAN TROOPS NOT ON MACEDONIAN BORDER
Skopje. Albania was not massing troops on its border with
Macedonia, according to a spokesman for the Macedonian Army
General Staff.
However, some Albanian troops have been replaced on the Albanian-
Yugoslav border.

                               
CITIZENSHIP LAW ENACTED
Skopje. From today, new legislation on Macedonian citizenship
comes into affect. Applications for citizenship must be made to
the Interior Ministry. The applicant must send his request to his
local region. If they live outside Macedonia, they must enquire
at the nearest Macedonian diplomatic office or consulate. Those
who are unsure about their citizenship status have one year to 
check this.

PEACE CONFERENCE IN OHRID ENDS
Skopje. The three-day Citizens Peace Conference, organised by the
Helsinki Citizens Parliament, ended on November 8 in the
Macedonian city of Ohrid. The 400 delegates from various European
cities, peace organisations and others issued a declaration
urging European governments to bring peace and stability to the
Balkan region. The Peace Conference also urged that Macedonia be
quickly recognised and that there be a Macedonian-Greek dialogue.
Conference delegates have asked the city councils of Skopje,
Athens, Belgrade, Sofia and Tirana to follow the principles of
Helsinki, uphold existing national borders, not use force, and
support the concept of dialogue and cooperation.
The Conference's final document called for international
observers to attend the trial of Macedonian human right
activists, Hrisitos Sideropoulos and Anastasios Bulis, in Greece
so that they would receive a fair hearing.

Major declarations from the Conference:

Mint Jan Faber, main coordinator of the Conference: "To be here
means to recognise Macedonia."
Jose Palau, member of the presidency of the Helsinki Citizens
Assembly: "each national entity has a right to self-
determination, and Macedonia must be recognise so that peace and
stability can be brought to the region."
Mary Kalder, President of the HCA: "I cannot understand why the
EC has supported the Greek position. Germany unilaterally
recognised Slovenia and Croatia, whilst the other EC members
didn't worry about the issue of consensus!"
Ethnic Macedonian representatives from Greece, Bulgaria and
Albania, said their only aim was to have the right to call
themselves Macedonians and obtain equality.
Alim Saitovski; representative of the ethnic Macedonian
association, "Bratsvo," (Fraternity), in Albania, said the new
regime in Albania had given Macedonians some national rights, but
Macedonians wanted Macedonian language schools, television and
radio programs.

PALAIR-MACEDONIAN BUYS NEW PLANE
Skopje. Palair Macedonian has bought a new Fokker 100 plane which
seats 109 passengers. The plane will enter service in the middle
of the month and will fly from Skopje to Frankfurt and Moscow.
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