PM sends out strong message to Skopje

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' trip to the US for the NATO anniversary summit was dominated, if anything, by his strong messages to North Macedonia, both during his speech at the meeting and in the press conference that followed, where he took it one step further, leaving all possibilities open. 

More specifically, when asked about Article 19 of the Prespa Agreement, which stipulates that in case of any violation of the agreement there can be an appeal to the UN secretary-general and then to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Mitsotakis did not rule anything out. 

"Agreements must be respected and this is something I stressed in the NATO plenary. It is something that I think all our allies understand," he said, adding that "we want North Macedonia to take steps toward European rapprochement, but this requires respect for international law and...