“People either don’t know the agreement (of Prespa) or they don’t understand it,” said the new Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Christian Mickoski, when asked to comment on today’s statement by the Greek Foreign Minister. Giorgos Gerapetritisfrom Luxembourg, that the new leadership in Skopje is blatantly violating the Prespa Agreement.

“The state and political leadership of North Macedonia decided, systematically and persistently, not to use the country’s constitutional name in internal public discourse. This constitutes a flagrant violation of it Agreement of Prespawhich provides for the uniform use of the unique name “North Macedonia”, both at home and abroad.

Compliance with international law and international agreements is the basis of international peace and security and their selective application is not understood” stated today, among other things, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, attending the Council of Foreign Affairs of Greece The European Unionin Luxembourg.

Christian Mickoski, in his tonight’s interview on a Skopje television station, reiterated that in the official documents of the state and in his contacts abroad he will use the country’s constitutional name (Republic of North Macedonia), while in his public appearances and statements at home he will call the country “Macedonia”, as he claimed this is a “human right”.

“I have the individual right to use the name I want for my home country” he added Christian Mickoski.

Christian Mickoski, throughout the interview, called the country “Macedonia