Macedonia’s name not a criterion for EU, NATO

Skopje. Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece is not on the list of criteria for the country’s EU and NATO membership, Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said, the Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik writes. He stressed that by the Interim Accord between the two sides in 1995Greece had promised not to impede Macedonia’s integration in international organizations. Crvenkovski stated that Macedonia should not allow itself any blunders when responding to possible provocations and the Macedonian policy should not instigate unnecessary provocations.