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"Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the best way of evaluating what is needed and what has to be done in order to achieve the objective of crisis management is, without doubt, to watch an actual crisis unfold. Armed clashes occurred on FYROM territory at the beginning of this month, clearly linked to forces acting outside the country.
What we have in the FYROM is the same phenomenon as in so many other countries – Albania, Kosovo, Cyprus and, to a large extent, Turkey – countries which are inhabited by mixed populations, mixed nations with different languages and religions, but which border on compact, nationally homogenous countries or regions inhabited by the overwhelming majority of the nationalities in question.
In the past, situations such as these have resulted in a familiar, tried and tested process, a tragic process and, from the point of view of the times we live in and from the point of view of what we as the European Union are trying to achieve, an unacceptable process. This process starts with bloody acts of terrorism against one of the two nationalities, the purpose of which is to prove that it is impossible for them to live side by side under the same state roof. It is followed by the demand for a geographical division between the communities within a single state and the formation of self-governing minorities, develops into inter-community clashes, a division into separate states and, finally, secession as a separate country. It is a scenario which we have witnessed numerous times in our region and, as we all know, it is accompanied by bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and the intervention of foreign forces, with both good and bad intentions. It is a disastrous process for the people and it is a dangerous and costly process for the international community.
Crises such as these are managed primarily by political and diplomatic intervention to bring about the social integration of the disadvantaged minority. Steps have been taken in this direction in the FYROM. Tetovo University is a typical example. In all events, what Mr Dupuis said about Greece was wrong, because at the moment Greece is, if you will, the mainstay of this state and it shall continue to be so."@en1
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