Skopje /17/11/ 16:23
Macedonia has lodged a suit against Greece at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ), Macedonian Foreign Ministry announced.
Macedonia filed an Application to the Court Registry, asking ICJ "to establish and declare that (Greece) through its state bodies and authorized officials violated Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Interim Agreement."
The Application also requests from the Court "to order (Greece) to take all necessary steps to ensure respecting of the obligations stipulated in the Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Interim Agreement and to refrain from direct or indirect opposing to the membership (of Macedonia) in the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)."
At the press conference staged Monday in the government's premises, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said that this move does not imply suspending of the talks over the Greece's problem with the constitutional name of Macedonia, but is aimed exclusively to ensuring proper implementation of the Interim Agreement.
He added that the Application was submitted now in order to create certain conditions and by incorporating all aspects of the issue.
According to Milososki, the International Court of Justice should make a ruling that will be binding to both sides.
Macedonia has lodged a suit against Greece at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ), Macedonian Foreign Ministry announced.
Macedonia filed an Application to the Court Registry, asking ICJ "to establish and declare that (Greece) through its state bodies and authorized officials violated Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Interim Agreement."
The Application also requests from the Court "to order (Greece) to take all necessary steps to ensure respecting of the obligations stipulated in the Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Interim Agreement and to refrain from direct or indirect opposing to the membership (of Macedonia) in the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)."
At the press conference staged Monday in the government's premises, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said that this move does not imply suspending of the talks over the Greece's problem with the constitutional name of Macedonia, but is aimed exclusively to ensuring proper implementation of the Interim Agreement.
He added that the Application was submitted now in order to create certain conditions and by incorporating all aspects of the issue.
According to Milososki, the International Court of Justice should make a ruling that will be binding to both sides.
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