Zaev: Macedonia spans three states

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has conducted an interview for Europe's largest warehouse, “Der Spiegel”, where he talked mainly about the name dispute with Greece.

According to him, Macedonia has no irredentist claim towards the southern neighbour, but it is a fact that Macedonia's historic region extends to three states: the northern or the upper <x0th> in our country, the eastern part of Bulgaria and the southern part of Greece.

That's a fact and we shouldn't be against the facts. Because Greeks want to distinguish, we understand and accept that there is a geographical extension (for Macedonia's name.” The resolution of the name dispute would also benefit Greece, which would represent its leading role in the region.

To clarify the good report between the two states, Zaev has added that over a million Macedonians travel annually to the Greek revival.

After the memorials, history books?

In the question of journalist Keno Versek, what Macedonia plans to do after leaving some monuments and the name Alexander the Great off the highway and Skopje airport, Zaev answers that there is currently nothing concrete but is ready to talk about all problems. In the future, “, for example, may have joint commissions for reprocessing historical textbooks. ”

At the end of Zaev adds that neither do you think of a name solution, from the very fact that Macedonia as a multi-ethnic country plays a central role in the Western Balkans. If in us is the rule of instability and unrest, then this would radiate across the region. So the solution to the name dispute precedes Macedonia's further economic and integration development and also benefits the EU itself.”