The Greek foreign minister has accused the FYROMacedonian government of driving its own people toward fanaticism, thus preventing the country from gaining EU and NATO membership.
Instead of having a constructive approach in the Athens-Skopje name talks, FYROMacedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski’s government “thinks that it can rewrite the past”, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was... cited by FYROMacedonia's Makfax news agency as saying.
Bakoyiannis accused Gruevski of trying to steal Greek history by claiming his country's association to Alexander the Great and naming roads and sport arenas after him.
“It is pushing the people of our neighbouring country towards fanaticism and intolerance, and this is increasing the distance between them and their Euro-Atlantic perspective,” Bakoyannis said.
Instead of having a constructive approach in the Athens-Skopje name talks, FYROMacedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski’s government “thinks that it can rewrite the past”, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was... cited by FYROMacedonia's Makfax news agency as saying.
Bakoyiannis accused Gruevski of trying to steal Greek history by claiming his country's association to Alexander the Great and naming roads and sport arenas after him.
“It is pushing the people of our neighbouring country towards fanaticism and intolerance, and this is increasing the distance between them and their Euro-Atlantic perspective,” Bakoyannis said.
