I am not in Athens to put the pressure on, I am here to ask for help, support and understanding, said last night Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov in an interview for the Greek television “Sky”.
“I would like Greece to be our biggest ally, because we are neighbours. We will be here, we share a border, and we hope that one day, if we share a European future, then there won’t be anymore borders. That is why I want Greece to be our ally and would like to assure the people, the Prime Minister, the government that we can really be friends”, said Dimitrov.
He said that at the meetings with Greek officials, they will not be discussing the name dispute, but he reiterated the proposal for Macedonia to join NATO and start negotiations with the EU under the provisional reference, because, as he said, it is necessary that the country is integrated in these institutions as soon as possible and for Greece to have a neighbor who will be part of them.
Dimitrov said the two countries should leave history to the historians and to work on improving the present and future.
“The new Government does not agree with the monuments built by the previous government and does not want the younger generations in Macedonia to grow up with the idea that Greece is an enemy”, said Dimitrov.
