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Speech of the ambassador Arben Çejku
î Speech of the ambassador Arben Çejku
Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Macedonia
Honorable participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues!
I feel honored today to be here with you and wish to congratulate all those
who initiated and organized this conference which will give a further push
forward to the full implementation of the Ohrid Agreement and will also further
advance the spirit of dialogue and interethnic, inter religious and intercultural
good understanding in Macedonia.
This Conference is being organized in the framework of the 10 th Anniversary
of the signing of the Ohrid Agreement. On this occasion, I take the opportunity to
hail not only its signatories but particularly all those individuals, institutions,
political parties, members of parliament, ministers, prime ministers, heads of
state as well as other personalities from Macedonia, who during this decade have
put forth their efforts for the implementation of this agreement.
Therefore, special gratitude goes to our friendly countries, USA and other EU
member countries, which have continuously encouraged the parties to fully
implement this agreement.
My country Albania, one of the neighboring countries to Macedonia, has
always maintained a constant stand towards the Ohrid Agreement. Even today
when its revitalization and future is being discussed, we again demand its full and
complete implementation from all the parties, considering this as a crucial
condition for peace, stability, integrity and the Euro Atlantic perspective of
Macedonia.
The full implementation of the Ohrid Agreement should not be viewed only
as a politico-juristic mechanism which will produce a “take and give” privileges
from one ethnic group to the other, but should be considered as a platform which
secures interethnic cohabitation and taking over of common and equal
responsibilities from all ethnic groups for the benefit and interest of the country.
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