RFE/RL Newsline, 04-11-01 GERMAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON MACEDONIA

RFE/RL Newsline, 04-11-01: "GERMAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON MACEDONIA"

The Greman Bundestag resolution on Macedonia and the US recognition of "The Republic of Macedonia are both welcome, if long overdue.

"The resolution called for the full implementation of the 2001 Ohrid peace agreement, saying the referendum slated for 7 November against the government's redistricting plans would undermine interethnic trust. Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva welcomed the resolution as an important step, since it also calls on the German government to urge the adoption of Macedonia's constitutional name -- the Republic of Macedonia -- within the EU, "