Manoeuvres from USA for FYROM issue.

Article by Mihalis Ignatiou, Ethnos Newspaper, Aug 2nd 2008
Translated into English by Ariadni_Nefeli, Aug 2nd 2008

With new tactic and Magdalene role appears itself the US administration, afterwards the entanglement and the refusal of Senate to allow the nomination of new US ambassador in the FYROM. US administration finally accepted in written that FYROM creates confusion with their insistence of exploiting the name ''Macedonia'', while they even accept, indirectly, that the neighbouring country is accountable for the appearance in the limelight of danger of irredentism.

The change of attitude and tactic in Congress from the State Department is owed in the refusal of senator Robert Menendez to allow the nomination of new US ambassador in FYROM, Fillip Reeker, with the argument that the Bush administration is responsible for the irredentist disposals that the Prime Minister of FYROM , Nikolas Gruevski expressed recently. The nomination froze on July 9th with demand of Mr Menendez and senator Olympia Snow.

According to information of “Ethnos”, Mr Menendez made known a day before yesterday in the leadership of State Department that he would only terminate the “freeze of” nomination, if he was satisfied by the explanations that he asked and concerned the justified concerns of Athens and the elation of irredentism.


The letter from (Rice) to Senator Menendez

The day before yesterday, in the morning - with approval of Mrs Kontoliza Rice- he received a letter (taken from orfni.blogspot.com) from the State Department Undersecretary, Mathew Reynolds, who reported that he dispatches more clarifications on behalf of the government Bush, for the politic of Skopje.

The day before yesterday, in the morning - with approval of Mrs Kontoliza Rice- he received a letter from the State Department Undersecretary, Mathew Reynolds, who reported that he dispatches more clarifications on behalf of the government Bush, for the politic of Skopje.

Specifically he writes, accepting in the substance that the name “Republic of Macedonia”, cannot be considered as final for Skopje: “We seek solution that solves confusion between the country of Macedonia and the wider historical geographic region of Macedonia. Certain people in Greece have expressed their concern that this confusion could lead to irredentism”.Mr Reynolds accepts also another demand of the US senator, which he asked for the new ambassador in Skopje to inform the leadership of the country for the content of the US Senate Resolution 300, which he requires for the un-Hellenic propaganda to be ceased immediately.

Hostile energies

As it is reported in the letter of the US undersecretary, the resolution expresses “the sense of Senate that the FYROM should terminate the utilization of material which forces the provisions of Intermediary Agreement, in regard to hostile energies and propaganda” against Greece.

''Our ambassador - writes Mr Reynolds in Mr Menendez- provided that the nomination will be approved, “will help these leaders (It means those of FYROM) to comprehend the dangers of irredentism and the importance evasion of synecdoche’s of irredentism in any form, as well as the need of growth of good relations with all her neighbours”.

With its statement, the “Coordinated Effort of Greek-American women” (CEH) greets the role of senators Robert Menendez and Olympia Snow, which - by denying to allow to the Senate to approve the placement in Skopje of the new US ambassador, Philip Reeker - “they led to the change of the American policy, that it was presented equally critical against the FYROM and Greece”.