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MILS - NEWS                                   October 28, 1992

GREECE DOESN'T PUT EC TRADE DECISION INTO EFFECT

Skopje. Greece, which agreed to respect the EC's decision on
trade links with Macedonia, has so far failed to put that
decision into effect.
Thousands of tonnes of oil and other goods, which were suppose
to be delivered to Macedonia, remain impounded in the Northern
Greek port of Salonica. A number of public holidays in Greece
this week will further delay compliance with the EC decision.
Trucks carrying Macedonian goods to and from Salonica are few and
far between. The Greek authorities will only allow Macedonian
goods to be transported if they have documents carrying the name
Skopje or Yugoslavia, despite the EC permiting Macedonia to use
its current name in all trade dealings with EC members.

NEW DIPLOMATIC ATTACK ON MACEDONIA

Skopje. A spokesman for the Greek government, Vasilis Manginas,
said in Athens that there would be a new diplomatic attack
against the possible recognition of Macedonia under its current
name.
"Greece's only objective," he said, "is to make sure the
Skopjians (Greek euphemism for Macedonians) accept the EC's
Lisbon Declaration that Macedonia will only be recognised if it
discards the name Macedonia."
Manginas said his government would launch its diplomatic attack
so that Macedonia could not possibly be recognised at the EC's
Edinburgh summit in December.


SAMARAS: TO MAKE OR BREAK MITSOTAKIS GOV'T

Skopje. There is growing speculation that the former Greek
Foreign Minister, Andonis Samaras, can bring down Prime Minister
Constantine Mitsotakis' government at any moment but is waiting
for the outcome of the EC's Edinburgh summit in December before
making his move.
Samaras recently resigned his parliamentary seat in protest of
Mitsotakis' handling of the Macedonian issue. The Former Foreign
Minister, who was once a member of Mitsotakis' rulling New
Democracy Party, might even set up his own party and drag away 
support from the government.
Samaras, one of the architects of Greece's hardline policy of 
refusal of recognition for Macedonia, received a hero's welcome
when he visited his home hometown a few days ago. This is
indicative of a grass-roots desertion of the government, which
holds a slender two seat majority.

GREEK LEFTISTS CHANGE MACEDONIAN POLICY

Skopje. The Coalition of Greek Leftists and Progressive Forces
have changed their policy on Macedonia.
The Coalition's President, Maria Damanaki, said Macedonia must
now add a geographical term to its existing name and promise to
guarantee the present borders between the countries, and
relinquish any future territorial claims. Damanaki said that both
countries should establish friendly ties.
This more moderate stand on the Macedonian issue has largely been
ignore in Greece because of the current climate of nationalism
or "hyperpatriotism." The Leftists together with the Greek
Communists hold 19 seats in parliament.

LE MONDE ON GREEK AND MACEDONIAN DISPUTE

Skopje. A recent article by the Athens correspondent of the
influential French newspaper, Le Monde, had this to say about the
Greek and Macedonian dispute: "It is clear that the situation in
the Balkans region could get worse, and this annoys Greece's EC
partners. This was told to Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis at the
EC summit in Birmingham. Britian, which currently holds the
Presidency of the EC, since last summer has tried to close the
dossier on the problem for recognition for Macedonia. It has even
advocated a two name formula as a solution. Mitsotakis has said
he cannot force Macedonia to drop its name for internal purposes
unless Greece makes war, which is totally out of the question.
The Greek PM will only focus on Macedonia's external name."

PAN EUROPEAN UNION OFFICE IN MACEDONIA.

Skopje. Two representatives of the Pan European Union, Georg Von
Hapsburg and Immanuel Von Lichtenstein, met with the Macedonian
opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, in Skopje recently. 
The two sides discussed the possibility of opening a PEU office
in Macedonia and allowing well known Macedonian intellectuals to
get involved in the scheme.
The PEU representatives were invited to Macedonia by VMRO-DPMNE.
                                                              

INDIA RECOGNISES MACEDONIAN PASSPORTS

Skopje. The Indian government has decided to recognise Macedonian
passports as valid travel documents, according to a statement 
issued by an offical from the Indian embassy in Belgrade.
Madasudan Ganapati, who recently held high level talks with the
Macedonian government, said that Macedonia and India had friendly
relations and hoped that they would be strengthened further. He
said he was hopeful that the problem of recognition for Macedonia
would be soon solved. Ganapati added that he would inform the
Indian government of the difficulties faced by Macedonia.

FRENCH "GREENS" IN MACEDONIA

Skopje. Representatives of the French Green Party made a one day
visit to Macedonia recently to add their support for recognition
of the republic.
The Greens, which are the third largest political party in
France, criticised their government, including their president,
Francois Mitterrand, for not putting pressure on Greece to stop
its campaign against Macedonian recognition.
"It is incomprehensible for the EC not to recognise the
independence of Macedonia, considering one of its judicial
committees headed by jurist Badinter found the republic filled
all criteria for recognition."
The French Greens met with Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov and
Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski, non government organisations,
minority groups, Macedonian ecologists and the members of the
Macedonian Green Party.
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