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On the minority, of course it is Macedonian and not "Slavo-Macedonian". The point however, is that there was a rare admission from the Greek side on what the dispute is really about; though we suppose a further explanation from us, that it is a Macedonian minority, would be useful, in future.
No, there is no "Province of Macedonia", rather there are three geographic regions, officially in Greece, using the word Macedonia. We could specify that in future, though the point would be exactly the same and the distinction, is not significant in this context. The Greek argument is that they have land called Macedonia, and that a neighbour utilising the same name, implies territorial pretensions and that the name Macedonia is Greek and of crucial cultural significance to Greeks. We demolish this by pointing out that they only began to officially utilise the name in 1988. Never-the-less, we shall spell out all three regional-administrative names in future, if that is what people prefer.
On the name, the debate could become endless. Republic of Macedonia is what the fight is about, in terms of general international acceptance.
Regards,
AMHRC.
On the minority, of course it is Macedonian and not "Slavo-Macedonian". The point however, is that there was a rare admission from the Greek side on what the dispute is really about; though we suppose a further explanation from us, that it is a Macedonian minority, would be useful, in future.
No, there is no "Province of Macedonia", rather there are three geographic regions, officially in Greece, using the word Macedonia. We could specify that in future, though the point would be exactly the same and the distinction, is not significant in this context. The Greek argument is that they have land called Macedonia, and that a neighbour utilising the same name, implies territorial pretensions and that the name Macedonia is Greek and of crucial cultural significance to Greeks. We demolish this by pointing out that they only began to officially utilise the name in 1988. Never-the-less, we shall spell out all three regional-administrative names in future, if that is what people prefer.
On the name, the debate could become endless. Republic of Macedonia is what the fight is about, in terms of general international acceptance.
Regards,
AMHRC.
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