In April 1993, under UN Resolution 817, the Republic was admitted to the UN under the temporary name of "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)" to resolve differences that have arisen in connection wit...In April 1993, under UN Resolution 817, the Republic was admitted to the UN under the temporary name of "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)" to resolve differences that have arisen in connection with the name of the State. After four years of debates Macedonia and Greece signed agreement on the normalization of the relations. Greece has agreed to accept Macedonia as a sovereign state, to remove the economic embargo, and Skopje vice-versa refused from the emblem and national flag with the star of Verginia. Macedonia also declared that it had no territorial claims on Greece. At the beginning the US were rather passively reacting to events in the region, meanwhile, Greece has actively continued to pressure on Macedonia. Profound differences in Macedonian issue led Greece into conflict with the US and the EU. Recently there has been extremely active and growing interest in stabilizing the region by the EU and the US. It becomes more apparent as energy resources for the US and European countries are exported through the Balkan Peninsula. In addition, the international community is concerned about the increasing terrorist activity in the peninsula, possible Islamization and further destabilization of the region.展开更多
文摘In April 1993, under UN Resolution 817, the Republic was admitted to the UN under the temporary name of "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)" to resolve differences that have arisen in connection with the name of the State. After four years of debates Macedonia and Greece signed agreement on the normalization of the relations. Greece has agreed to accept Macedonia as a sovereign state, to remove the economic embargo, and Skopje vice-versa refused from the emblem and national flag with the star of Verginia. Macedonia also declared that it had no territorial claims on Greece. At the beginning the US were rather passively reacting to events in the region, meanwhile, Greece has actively continued to pressure on Macedonia. Profound differences in Macedonian issue led Greece into conflict with the US and the EU. Recently there has been extremely active and growing interest in stabilizing the region by the EU and the US. It becomes more apparent as energy resources for the US and European countries are exported through the Balkan Peninsula. In addition, the international community is concerned about the increasing terrorist activity in the peninsula, possible Islamization and further destabilization of the region.