(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 4 - A group of over 70
Macedonian and foreign scholars and intellectuals have signed an
open letter critical towards the Prespa agreement between Skopje
and Athens and against the name change in Macedonia.
"The agreement - the letter reads - does not serve the needs
of Macedonia or Greece" nor it shows any "respect for
international law, human rights and democratic principles."
According to the signatories, Macedonia is currently
"subjected to arbitrary international engineering against the
will of the people" and the "asymmetric deal" with Athens "will
not lessen regional tensions as only the weaker (Macedonian)
side was forced to compromise, to force (North) Macedonia into
NATO.". Furthermore, "the deal denies constitutional sovereignty
of Macedonia."
"We argue that the Prespa Agreement is not an accord that
promises sustainable peace. NATO membership is unlikely to bring
social and economic progress or security to the small Macedonian
state; ironically, Greece offers the best proof of what
international dictates do on the European periphery," the letter
ends.
The first signatory of the letter are professor and
politologist Biljana Vankovska, James Pettifer (Oxford
University), the Macedonian novelist Venko Andonovski. Among the
signatories also the famous writer Milan Kundera. (ANSA).
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