FYROM Accuses Albania Of Interfering In Internal Affairs

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FYROM (Macedonia) has accused neighboring Albania of interfering in its domestic affairs, saying that Tirana is trying to influence the Balkan country's ethnic Albanian minority, RFE/RL reporting.

The Macedonian Foreign Ministry said on April 4 that Skopje had summoned Albania's ambassador to protest what it called Albania's "open interference in Macedonia's internal affairs."

It accused Albania of trying to "change the constitutional order in Macedonia."

Macedonia is mired in a political deadlock, with parties representing the ethnic Albanian minority — which according to RFE/RL makes up about 25 percent of its 2.1 million population — demanding concessions to join any coalition following December parliamentary elections.

After meetings in Tirana under the sponsorship of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama,...