18 years from Ohrid Agreement

The contract became possible after the armed conflict in 2001. The agreement was realised with the help of the international community, which contributed to political resolution of the interethnic crisis in our neighbouring country.

The international community's role in disrupting the conflict and reaching the political agreement was irreplaceable. Since the war developments in the IRJM, the European Union and the United States, they sent their representatives Francois Leotard and James Perdew as mediators for achieving peace.

After struggling negotiations with the confrontationd parties, they prepared the so-called “Framework Document Draft” document, which they handed over to the four leaders, participants in the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and President Boris Trajkovski.

During the development of negotiations in Ohrid, the Albanian political factor started with Euro-Western positions. It was not required for territorial division but for full ethnic equality, which was in line with EuroWestern principles. In fact, the multiethnic character of Macedonian society was required to be reflected in the state regulation.

While the Macedonian side held exclusive positions by rejecting demand reflecting society's objective diversity in the state concept. In other words, while the Macedonian side intended to control the national rights of Albanians, the Albanian side did not interfere with the Macedonian rights Corps.

At the moment that the Ohrid negotiations were expected to end, specific nationalist, government and non-government circles began to issue reckless statements, which triggered strong reactions from international representatives.

These statements were trying to undermine the political process and draft agreement drafted by international experts. But the international deployment centres suggested to the Macedonian side that <x0 best way out, except for the reconciliation and signing of this document, there is no”.

Albanian-Macedonian negotiations in Ohrid lasted about ten days and ended on 13 August 2001. Under international pressure, the Albanian-Macedonian conflict closed with the Ohrid Framework Agreement, signed in Skopje by Albanian and Macedonian representatives participating in the expanded government coalition: Lupco Georgievski, Arben Xhaferi, Branko Crvenkovski and Imer Imer.

The head of state, Boris Trajkovski, and the Euro-American mediators Leotard and Perdew signed this agreement.

The Ohrid Framework Agreement included ten key points:

1. Basic principles;

2. Cutting off hostility;

3. Development of decentralised power;

4. Do not discriminate and fair representation;

5. Special assembly procedures;

6. Education and use of languages;

7. ID expression;

8. Implementation;

9. Anexet;

10. Final details.