Invitation to membership negotiations, but "you can not join unless you change your name"

An invitation to the opening of accession negotiations should be addressed by NATO in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, according to the draft conclusions of the Brussels Summit published by the Macedonian news agency MIA

. In Bucharest, the Alliance decided "to invite the FYROM to join the UN once a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue will have been found in the UN framework. "

The project is hailed by" the historic agreement between Athens and Sk the name issue. "

Ten years after the historic Bucharest summit and the Greek veto of the Karamanlis government, NATO gates open in Skopje, thanks to the Tsipras government, which has agreed with the neighbors on the issue of the name. "

" According to our policy , "says NATO," we decided to call on the Skopje government to begin membership negotiations with the Alliance. "Full implementation of all internal procedures planned regarding agreement to resolve the name issue is a prerequisite for the success of the accession process. "

At the same time, NATO recommends that the government of FYROM significantly strengthen good-neighborly relations. to implement the agreement signed with Bulgaria

At the same time, he welcomes the efforts of the Zafe government and the progress made in a series of urgent reforms, while encouraging it "[19659002] And it ends with a call to the opposition and the country's president, Georgi Ivanov, to support the Prespa agreement: "We call on all political leaders in the country to continue their efforts to strengthen their contribution to the Alliance. play a constructive role in these processes and the rapid implementation of the name resolution agreement. "

NATO: Skopje will become the 30th member of the Alliance as soon as the agreement on names will be finalized

At a press conference in Brussels, the Secretary General of the Alliance, Ges Stöltenberg, said invite Skopje to start accession negotiations so that, once completed all the national procedures to finalize the agreement on the names, the neighboring country becomes the 30th member of the Alliance.

He clarified that the FYROM is not able to become a member of the NAT if it does not change its name and does not ratify the agreement with Greece

"C & # 39; is a unique opportunity for the people of FYROM and their decision is theirs, "said Ges Stöltenberg, stating that if the people of FYROM do not support the name agreement, the country will not join NATO.

"There is no other way than to change the name of the country," said Stöltenberg.

He stressed that accession negotiations with NATO have started, but the completion of all national processes, including the change of the country's constitution, should be implemented in order to implement the agreement with Athens. become the 30th member of the Alliance.