ANGELOV: THE NAME ISSUE SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MACEDONIA AND GREECE
In an interview with the Independent Balkan Agency (IBNA), Angelov stressed that confidence-building measures between the two countries by themselves are not related to the name issue, which needs to be addressed separately, without affecting basic aspects of relations between the two neighboring countries. . - My Government strongly supports this approach, and in fact it is our view and suggestions from the first years of our independence in 1991. Let me remind you that one of the main objectives of the Interim Agreement signed in 1995, which is the cornerstone of our bilateral relations, was to provide a legal framework for the normalization of relations and cooperation, regardless of the existing difference over the name. Little is known in Greece that our two countries have not signed any bilateral agreement that would facilitate our economic cooperation. The same applies to other areas such as security and defense, culture, education - Macedonian ambassador said. Aske