US, EU Dragging Macedonia into NATO: Russia

The diplomat recalled that on September 30 Macedonia held a referendum on changing its name, which has been declared invalid. “Despite the fact that the top politicians in the EU and NATO member-countries openly urged Macedonian citizens to vote to change its name, which, we believe is a totally unfair practice, everything turned out to be a failure,” Zakharova added.

“However, they welcomed its results. In particular, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg promised to grant the alliance membership to Macedonia as early as the beginning of 2019, leaving no doubt that the parliaments of Macedonia and Greece would pass the required decisions.”

“The continuation of heavy-handed outside interference in the internal affairs of Macedonia is evident,” the diplomat emphasised. “The objective is very evident: to drag Macedonia into the alliance at whatever the cost.”.