US State Department urges Macedonia to form government. Sanctions warned

22/04/2017 00:00

Washington gave a new clear message to Macedonia: “The authorities must
create the new government, or there will be sanctions, as previously
warned”.

The Spokesperson for the US State Department said that citizens have voted and there is a clear majority which is waiting to form the new government. The USA encourages Macedonian leaders to do everything possible to form the new government without further delays, so that the country can continue the necessary reforms to become a full member of the Euro-Atlantic government.

The US State Department says that the positions of the parties are so hardly held, that it is impossible to see changes without a powerful intervention from the USA and EU.

Deutsche Welle quotes the former Macedonian Ambassador in NATO, Nano Ruzhin, who said that the address of the US State Department is based on individual sanctions against political actors in Macedonia, and for this they will receive support from other EU countries.

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