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To Vima: Bush to announce admission of Macedonia, Croatia and Albania to NATO during his Balkans tou

Monday, 21 May 2007

The US President George Bush during his Balkans tour next month will call a four-sided meeting with the representatives of Macedonia, Croatia and Albania where he will announce their admission into NATO, Greek daily To Vima claims Monday. The US supports Macedonia's membership into NATO considering that the country may join NATO as the Republic of Macedonia without resolving the dispute with Athens on its constitutional name, Greek daily reads. To Vima implies that on this occasion the international mediator Matthew Nimitz started meetings with the UN officials for the dispute between Athens and Skopje for constitutional name of Macedonia. Last week Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis warned NATO that it would not accept Macedonia to be admitted into NATO if the issue on its name would not be resolved, which Athens does not recognise, the daily reads. Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis also stated that Macedonia still has not met all requirements for membership as Croatia and it can not join NATO. The possibility Nimitz to return the granted UN mandate for resolving the dispute on Macedonia's constitutional name by the end of the summer is not excluded and then this issue to be discussed by the Security Council where all member states expect France recognised Macedonia under its constitutional name. Also the possibility is not excluded that this issue to be reviewed by the UN General Assembly where two-thirds of the member states recognised the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name, To Vima reads. The daily considers that "in such unwanted developments" Greek PM could call for early elections. According to the Greek site In News the leader of the largest opposition party Socialist Movement (PASOK) Giorgos Papandreou warned Karamanlis not to use national problems of the country for pre-election games, especially not through the dispute with Macedonia to gain points for pre-election race.