Hoyt Brian Yee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Affairs at the State Department, in an interview with the “Voice of America” said that the US and the EU will continue to provide support to overcome the political crisis in Macedonia.
“We believe that the parties involved in the crisis in Macedonia can find a way to get out of it. The decision to cancel elections on June 5 was a positive one. We know it is difficult to agree on some of the reforms envisaged in the Przhino Agreement, but we know if they work in good faith with an adequate political will, they’ll have the ability and capacity to find the necessary solutions, “said Yee.
According to him, it is important that the International Community play its role and give their support, but not through dictation and imposition, but through supporting the parties involved and the leaders of the country to find solutions and implement them.
“We believe it is more important to implement reforms to create the conditions for free, fair and credible elections, than to hold elections at any cost. In cooperation with the EU and other partners of Macedonia, we will put huge pressure to help the Government and the political parties to find the necessary solutions. We hope that the elections will be held as soon as possible, no later than 2017, and if the political parties do the job for which they were elected for by the citizens of Macedonia, then they will have our full support”, emphasized Yee.
