Nova Makedonija: Greece is against Skopje’s bid for membership in UN’s Human Rights Council
02 March 2011 | 14:57 | FOCUS News Agency
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Skopje. Greece is against Macedonia’s membership in the Human Rights Council of the UN, Nova Makedonija newspaper reads today. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki presented the country’s candidacy for membership in the Council for the 2013-2016 period. According to the newspaper, the Greek delegation was trying to convince representatives of other member states to reject Macedonia’s bid. Unnamed diplomatic sources commented Athens had been afraid that Skopje could bring forth the issue with the Macedonian minority in Greece.
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