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 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Nato tries to heal Macedonia row |
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Last Updated: Monday, 3 March 2008, 01:13 GMT
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Nato tries to heal Macedonia row
By Malcolm Brabant
BBC News, Athens
Diplomats are sure Mr de Hoop Scheffer's plea will fail
Nato's secretary general is to visit Athens to try to convince Greece not to block the membership of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Monday's visit of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is part of a campaign of growing international pressure on Greece.
Athens has threatened to veto its northern neighbour unless it compromises over its official name.
Greece is convinced the former Yugoslavs have territorial designs on its northern province of Macedonia.
Unpopular
Nato wants the former Yugoslav republic beneath its umbrella as a safeguard against the country dividing between the ethnic Macedonian majority in the east and the Albanian minority in the west.
But diplomats here are sure that Mr de Hoop Scheffer's appeal to Greece not to use its veto will be rejected.
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