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DIMITRIJ RUPEL REAFFIRMS SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR EU AND NATO

THE DISCRETE KEEPER OF THE COUNTRY’S MIRROR

Interview with Petar Jovanovski, Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry has already started working hard to develop strategic plans that will help the diplomatic service face the challenges, not only of the decisive stage before integration, but also

of the period after, bearing in mind the obligations set to an active and responsible member of the Euro-Atlantic community

D i p l o m a t i c B u l l e t i n

GENERATION OF EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS

Visite en France de Mme Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska et M. Zoran Stavreski

Mme Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, vice-première ministre chargée de l’Intégration européenne, et M. Zoran Stavreski, vice-premier ministre chargé des Affaires écono-miques de la République de Macé-doine, se sont rendus pour une visite de travail à Paris, le 18 décembre 2006. A l’occasion de cette première visite en France, des entretiens ont été

menés avec M. Philippe Douste-Blazy, ministre des Affaires étrangères et Mme Catherine Colonna, ministre déléguée aux Affaires européennes. Le rapprochement européen de la République de Macédoine, ainsi que le dévelop-pement des relations bilatérales ont été les thèmes principaux de la rencontre. Dans le cadre de la visite, M. Stavreski a présenté au sein du MEDEF, les potentiels économiques de la Macédoine, et plus particulièrement ceux dans le domaine des investissements, dans l’industrie, les finances, les télécommunications, l’agroali-mentaire et l’énergie.

Minister Milososki in AlbaniaThe Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, Antonio Milososki, paid an official visit to Albania. During his stay in Tirana, Minister Milososki met his Albanian counterpart Besnik Mustafaj, as well as Albanian President Alfred Moisiu, Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli and Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Their talks focused on the

deepening of the bilateral relations between the two countries, the activities in the field of Euro-Atlantic integration, the development of regional affairs, as well as the position of the Macedonian minority in Albania. After his talks with Albanian politicians, Minister Milososki met representatives of the Macedonian minority living throughout Albania.

We would like to give a warm welcome and wish a successful diplomatic mission in the Republic of Macedonia to the Ambassador:

H.E. Mr. Giorgio Radicati / OSCE Spillover Monitor MissionWe wish a successful diplomatic mission to our colleagues:

Mr. Tomislav Dimitrovski, Consul General, Head of the Office for Consular, Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Hellenic RepublicMr. Mile Giev, Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in The Hague, Kingdom of the NetherlandsMr. Vladimir Nikuljski, II Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations, New York, USA

Macedonian Diplomatic Bulletin, No. 4 / January 2007Founded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia.Dame Gruev 6, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedoniawww.mfa.gov.mk • [email protected]

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Deputy Editor: Ivica Bocevski

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The Challenges of 2007Although diplomats usually wish that every new year is predictable, and boring even, the developments in the region, as well as Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic agenda, let us foresee that 2007 will be filled with events of crucial relevance to Macedonia and the Balkans. The Republic of Macedonia is a proud European democracy. With our membership of the EU and NATO, we will only reaffirm our legitimate right to be part of the European family, built on recognized values. It was the generations of Macedonian citizens before us who decided this, because through them Macedonia shares Europe’s intellectual traditions. The European Union has been the lighthouse of democracy and freedom to our generations and a signpost to Macedonia’s young democracy. Fulfilling the obligations undertaken with our applications for membership of the European and Euro-Atlantic structures is the share of the responsibility we should take, thus paving the way for the future generations’ development. The Republic of Macedonia has only one lap left to go on its way to NATO. In the coming year, we expect to complete all the essential internal reform projects and to make it possible for Macedonia to solidify its position on the mental maps in the circles of the Euro-Atlantic community. The intensified cooperation within the framework of the Adriatic Group, as well as Macedonia’s strategic partnership with the United States, also plays an immense role in the process. Macedonia will carry on pacing toward the EU this year too. We will be tenacious to prove that every discontinuation in the process of enlargement seriously brings into question the European Values project and we will give our arguments confirmation also by completing actively the undertaken responsibilities toward the European partnership. Macedonia has already demonstrated that it has a lot to offer in the field of regional cooperation. Regional initiatives have definitively proven to be essential, as evidenced by the intensified communication of people, businesses, all forms of the civic society, universities and other public sector institutions. There is still a vast area of initiative and creativity to be tapped in the area of regional cooperation and Macedonia will certainly tackle the challenge. This year we expect the resolution of the Kosovo issue, which bears great resemblance to the ancient problem of squaring the circle, to commence. Seeking out a solution that will preserve Kosovo’s multiethnic and multicultural character, not having a negative effect on the regional stability and European prospects, is crucial. Macedonia’s global commitments have so far most evidently focused on our role in the war on terror and this year we expect a notable diversification of our portfolio in the other areas requiring global collective action. One of the mainstays of these activities should also be the position of President of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly. We are confident that the candidate for this position, Dr. Srgjan Kerim, with his personal and professional qualities, will make a significant contribution to enhancing the United Nations’ role in dealing with the global challenges. When we sum up the year that has just recently begun in December 2007, we hope that we will be pleased with our achievements. A lot of work lies ahead of us. The awareness of the responsibilities and difficulties is the first step in dealing with the challenges successfully. Of course, apart from the essential amount of audacity and optimism.

Ivica Bocevski, Deputy Editor

Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, once stated that the Balkan states were not in a phase of post-socialism, but in a phase of post-ottomanism. It is a charac-teristic that puts additional weight to their transition and causes insurmountable ob-stacles at times. The diagnosis is correct, but the examples of Republic of Bulgaria and Romania demonstrated that if something is truly desired, if the citizens of a country are successfully united around a given goal,

then there are no obstacles that cannot be surmounted.

The Government of the Republic of Macedonia is fully aware of all the obstacles that are present on our way to Brussels. It is also aware that the full membership in the European Union is desired by more than 90% of Macedonia’s citizens. This should not be underestimated at all. To the con-trary, such support combined with the strong will of the Government to continue the planned reforms are a kind of a guarantee that the Republic

of Macedonia will start the negotiations for membership of the European Union as soon as possible.

Nevertheless, it is not enough. What seems to be missing at this moment is active involvement of each citizen in the process of integration. The verbal support is not enough at all. Therefore, the Government of the Re-public of Macedonia approved a group of projects the aim of which is to animate all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia as much as possible. In the period to come and according to the planned timeframe, we will try to reach all age groups, starting with primary school students. The goal will be to bring the European system of values into our homes and working places, wherever they are.

Let me clarify the above said. We are not going to do all that was men-tioned just for the sake of getting into the European Union. To the con-trary, we are going to do it for ourselves, in order to eliminate even the last remainders of the post-ottomanism and to take our children back where they belonged for centuries – the community of European cultures.

Gabriela Konevska Trajkovska,Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-Integration of the Republic of Macedonia

„Good to be again with you, Europe!” „Welcome back, Romania!” As of 1 January 2007, these short, but meaningful sentences are largely present both in the official dialogues and in

most chats related to Romania’s new status as full EU member. And this because, after a break of 50 years imposed by communism – an ideology completely alien to this „Latin island in a Slavic ocean”, Romania finally re-joined Europe, proudly entering the great EU family.

Who would have dreamed, 20 years ago, of this historical event? Probably nobody, or very few. But, eventually, the mere impossible became possible! Romanians’ burning aspirations came true! After so many years of isola-tion, it was not an easy process. On the contrary, negotiations were mostly complex, often cumbersome, demanding significant efforts from all par-ties concerned. But, recognized as „The Number One Priority” from the point of view of the national interest, Romania’s EU accession enjoyed the support of all political and social forces - irrespective of their orientations - of the entire civil society. This was the key of the determination and, at times, even the stubbornness for succeeding in our endeavour.

We are confident that Romania’s EU accession will be a „win-win” devel-opment. Thus, to mention just a few examples, on one hand Romania is to benefit from the democratic political developments and consolidated economic experience and results already acquired by the EU. It will also take advantage of the opportunities deriving from the single internal market, putting at work the four freedoms of movement. On the other hand, in its turn, from the political perspective Romania could contribute its expertise and knowledge of the South-Eastern European surround-ing area, as well as of the Black Sea region. Economically-wise, it offers surging trade and investment opportunities in its large and diversified market. At the same time, it brings along a significant cultural wealth, as a valuable contribution to the great European cultural thesaurus.

We sincerely hope that Romania’s positive experience in European inte-gration could and should be successfully followed by other countries, not the least by the Republic of Macedonia!

Adrian Ştefan Constantinescu, Ph.D.Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Macedonia

Perennial European Romania in the „Europe of 27”

MAcEdoniAn EU PRocESS – UndER ThE PRinciPlE oF ownERShiPRoMAniA And BUlGARiA in EU - EncoURAGEMEnT FoR FURThER EnlARGMEnT

Bulgaria in the EUJanuary 1, 2007 is a triumph of the historical jus-tice, because after complex historical turbulence Bulgaria returned to Europe, where it belongs, not only geographically, but also by its civiliza-tion values. The roots and basis of this event are in the centuries-long growth of Bulgaria’s culture and statehood.

From the point of view of Bulgaria’s relations with the world and Europe, this is the most important event in our country’s more recent history. Undoubtedly, Bulgaria’s membership of the European Union will increase its political role and relevance in the international relations. It should be underscored that Bulgaria joined the European Union with the best tradi-tions of ethnic and religious tolerance established in the course of decades. I trust that Bulgaria’s and Romania’s accession to the European Union is an important political sign of the region’s undeniable European prospects. Our country will not be simply advocating European integration, but will continue providing actual moral, political and expert support for Macedo-nia and its other neighbors, close and remote alike. Bulgaria’s admission to the European Union will place our country on the world’s investment map. The free flow of people, capital, services and ideas within the Union will doubtlessly open up new possibilities for Bulgaria’s business. However, apart from gaining indisputable economic advantages, Bulgaria will also face serious challenges and problems, the most signifi-cant of which is becoming competitive on the common European market. The direction and ultimate goal of our work are improving the standard of living of the Bulgarian citizens. Bulgaria’s integration implies conducting reforms that will result into a considerable improvement of the quality of life of everybody. The key to coming closer to the European social model and achieving greater social justice is again becoming more competitive. We do not take Bulgaria’s membership of the European Union as an end in itself. I believe that our EU membership will be an encouragement and a catalyst of Bulgaria’s highly needed modernization. Bulgaria will be afforded great new possibilities for cultural development - the world’s largest and most revered cultural stage for our musicians and artists, the most interesting literary market for our writers. Doubtlessly, an important fact is that through Bulgaria’s accession to the European family, the Cyrillic alphabet of the Slav educators, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, becomes an official alphabet of the EU.

Miho Mihov,Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Macedonia


PETAR JOVANOVSKI is a career diplomat, State Counselor - Chief of Protocol. In his long diplomatic career, he served in the Ivory Coast, France and Belgium where he completed two terms. It is particularly worth mentioning that he fills the office of Chief of Protocol for the second time.

Repetitio est mater studiorum or...

I think it is more a result of a force of circumstance. My return from my last diplomatic mission abroad last summer coincided with the end of the former chief of protocol’s term. I was offered the position for being highly experienced in doing the job. The protocol in a way mirrors the organization of the state and in the period were are it is essential to show that everything functions flawlessly to the tiniest detail.

It did not take long for you to be convinced, did it?

It was not about convincing, but about definign what we, as a state, expect from the protocol. You know, in every diplomatic service the position of chief of protocol is prestigious, yet not very desired. I had the opportunity to see that firsthand and undertook the same job once again, confident that I will be able to contribute to the further growth of this highly significant aspect of the functioning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country in general.

What are the most usual problems that you face in your every-day work?

Since ancient times, the basic goal of the protocol was putting honors in order, in compliance with hierarchy, or precedence. Of course protocol rules in every country are also defined based on local customs and tradition. The protocol has no difficulties in the

diplomatic circles; the protocol rules are part of our everyday lives. It is a little harder with some of the domestic authorities, specially with the people who often do not distinguish enough between their personality on the one hand and the posts they fill and the responsibilities arising from the protocol rules on the other hand.

What are the protocol office’s duties?

Outside the responsibilities it has at the high-level national events, in the organization of which it cooperates with the other proto-col offices, such as those of the President, the Parliament and the Prime Minister, the protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organizes official and working visits of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the President and the Prime Minister abroad. It is also responsible for the organization of the agendas of senior foreign officials visiting the Republic of Macedonia and the organization of international summits hosted by the Republic of Macedonia.

Our office is also at the disposal of the diplomatic corps in the country. There is a sector within the protocol office protecting the status and interest of diplomats and international functionaries serving in the Republic of Macedonia, primarily of embassies, con-sulates and offices of international government organizations. This is what is known as privileges and immunity or in layman’s terms “the place for all tolerances”.

What are the most important characteristics of a good chief of protocol?

In my view, discretion should be this civil servant’s most important virtue. This position is exhausting, both physically and mentally, because it turns you into a tireless globetrotter. The position itself also has certain unusual aspects due to the fact that it brings you close to top state officials and if everything goes well at an event, your effort is usually not acknowledged. What you do goes un-heeded and that is how it should be.

Good chiefs of protocol are invisible to the media. That means they are doing a great job.

Yet you did not escape MDB’s field of vision?

It is just an exception that confirms the rule.

inTERViEw wiTh PETAR JoVAnoVSKi, chiEF oF PRoTocol AT ThE MiniSTRy oF FoREiGn AFFAiRS

ThE diScRETE KEEPER oF ThE coUnTRy’S MiRRoR


MFA Protocol responsible for visits of senior foreign officials to Macedonia: Jovanovski with Croatian President Mesic

The Diplomatic Academy will enable systematic and quality preparation of diplomats for the numerous new and more complicated tasks that they will face in their work

G e n e r a t i o n o f e u r o p e a nD i p L o M a t S

Attaining the strategic goals of Macedonia’s foreign policy, joining the EU and NATO, sets the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the task to continuously improve the

quality and efficiency of conducting foreign policy. This role may successfully be played provided that the capacity of the service is constantly enhanced and

upgraded. The Ministry has already started working hard to develop strategic plans that will help the diplomatic service face the challenges, not only of the decisive

stage before integration, but also of the period after, bearing in mind the obligations set to an active and responsible member of the Euro-Atlantic community.

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ttaining the strategic goals of Macedonia’s foreign policy, joining the EU and NATO,

sets the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the task to continuously improve the quality and efficiency

of conducting foreign policy. The decisive stage of the NATO integration and the intensive activities in the pre-accession period, during which receiving a date for starting membership talks and actually starting them is expected, underlines the role of our Ministry even more. And that is a role that may successfully be played provided that the capacity of the service is constantly enhanced and upgraded. This, of course, is closely related to renewing the Ministry’s staff. The Ministry has already started working hard to develop strategic plans that will help the diplomatic service face the challenges, not only of the

decisive stage before integration, but also of the period after, bearing in mind the obligations set to an active and responsible member of the Euro-Atlantic community. Staff renewal is a long and complex process, made even more difficult by a great many reasons, on which the Ministry cannot have any effect. The commitment to small and efficient administration, in fact, limits the possibilities for hiring new staff in spite of the Ministry’s increased needs. “According to the estimates of the Personnel Department, the Ministry needs at the moment about 50 young diplomats to start their careers as attachés on being selected through an open competition. Unfortunately, the full realization of this plan is almost impossible under the present circumstances. The limited budget resources are

Personal Challenge at serviCe of state

he profession diplomat is a big challenge for me. I see diplomacy as an opportunity for realization

of the professional values of every young person who has chosen this complex and challenging profession.

The mere knowledge that one belongs to a generation of Macedonian diplomats who will spend most of their ca-reer in the diplomatic service of a country integrated into NATO and the EU obligates one to constancy and serious-ness in the approach.

This is a huge privilege for me, as a representative of a generation of young Macedonian career diplomats who obtained their education outside the borders of their fa-therland. But this is also a millstone that I deal with in the day-to-day life of Macedonia’s diplomacy.

Our profession demands constant action. A combina-tion of knowledge, creativity, courage, and experience are needed for success.

I take on this challenge with self-confidence, courage, no prejudice, and with many ideas, which is characteristic of a young person who lives in these constantly changing times. I am prepared to learn from those more experienced and I am also prepared to participate in the exchange of views, without which there is no successful diplomatic action.

My generation does not know about despondency and ma-liciousness. We respect our values and achievements, and through them we respect the values and achievements of others. After all, this profession involves constant dialogue with representatives of other countries.

This is the main reason why I chose to be a career dip-lomat. Many of my peers associate this profession with privileges, a status in the high society, and the splendor and luxury of dip-lomatic receptions.

But reality shows that such perception of diplomacy as a profession is completely wrong. Diplomacy is a serious occupation that de-mands top performances.

Finally, I would like to stress that every generation has its own significant role in the development of the state and its institutions, thus assuming some responsibility. Modern societies exist on the basis of constant reforms that are a product of the new and contemporary ideas. Courage, broad support, and awareness for the gains of modern technological development are needed for realization of these ideas. From this aspect, implementation of the new standards and technologies in diplomacy and facing the realities of the modern world are further challenges that await me in my profession. This also applies to all my young colleagues in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia. We must be aware that those who have moved forward will not wait for us. We must run, tak-ing big steps. I, personally, feel prepared for such challenge.

G e n e r a t i o n o f e u r o p e a n

D i p L o M a t S

Goce Karajanov

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We know that the advancement in certain areas, such as the EU, NATO or the multilateral issues, is highly significant, yet we try to make it possible for the majority of our diplomats to acquire knowledge of as many areas as possible.

The system of merit is the Ministry’s long-term commitment, which is particularly relevant bearing in mind that this generation of young Macedonian diplomats, during most of their career, will be European diplomats too.

Jasmin Kahil, State Counselor for General Administrative Affairs

always a problem. In fact, staff renewal at the Ministry now largely comes down to filling posts vacated for various reasons,” says Jasmin Kahil, State Counselor for General Administrative Affairs. Kahil and his associates in charge of affairs related to human resources deal with a seemingly unsolvable problem: providing optimum working conditions for the diplomatic service under circumstances when its staff capacities do not match its increased responsibilities. Certain services of the Ministry, as well as most of the Macedonian embassies, are troubled by an excessive workload. Staff deficiency is being made up for by the devoted efforts of the diplomats and the other employees, whose working hours are frequently extended. The reward bylaw, which has recently been put to effect, contributes to adequate evaluation of their enthusiasm. However, the Ministry’s senior staff knows well that the solution rests in constant staff renewal, as well as in investment in the young diplomats’ education and the senior officials’ permanent advancement in line with the new challenges. Twenty-one young diplomats were employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year, four of whom through an open competition, eight through the PACE program for proportionate representation of ethnic groups and nine through the government program for employment of the best students in the state administration. Although their number is still not high enough, the very presence of new “kids” inspires optimism. “There is also a positive side to our inability to provide sufficient quantity, namely we are compelled to secure extra quality,” Kahil stresses, adding that special attention is paid to training. Every young diplomat at the Ministry goes through the system of rotation, which means that the diplomat-attaché spends a certain period in each of the sectors and services to get to know how all the segments of the institution function and also to develop a general picture of the Ministry and the practical diplomacy. The Personnel

Department follows the new colleagues, talking with them and their mentors of the respective sectors, in order to find out their interests and affinities and define the sectors they will be assigned to. The service also tries, at least in the beginning, to show understanding of the young diplomats’ personal choice. Thus, new bilateral and multilateral diplomats, consular staff, etc. are recruited at the very start. Of course, the needs of the services come first, but efforts are made to avoid assigning diplomats to services against their will. The Personnel Department sticks to the motto that one’s job should not be only a responsibility, but also a challenge and, of course, a pleasure. “A comparatively small diplomatic service, such as our own, needs constant mobility and advancement. We know that the advancement in certain areas, such as the EU, NATO or the multilateral issues, is highly significant, yet we try to make it possible for the majority of our diplomats to acquire knowledge of as many areas as possible, which is all the more important considering the limited number of diplomats in our embassies,” Kahil stresses. One year after being admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, young diplomats take a probationer exam under the Civil Servants Law, while under the bylaws developed in agreement with the Foreign Affairs Law, a diplomatic exam is taken two years upon admission. The staff potential of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, immediately after Macedonia’s independence, was comprised of Macedonian diplomats having gained their experience working as diplomats in former Yugoslavia and their colleagues of the then Secretariat for Foreign Relations. They bore the brunt in the first years of the country’s independence and those who made their first diplomatic steps in independent and sovereign Macedonia have already taken a great portion of the responsibility in guiding the Ministry. Jasmin Kahil is one of them. “The present generation of young diplomats will have the privilege of consistent career development. They begin by being attachés and some of them will eventually come

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Di P l o m a C y – Pr o f e s s i o n

GJOrGJi MiSAJlOvSKi is a career diplomat with the longest diplomatic experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been in this profession for over 35 years, nearly 20 of which he spent abroad. Misajlovski currently works at the Analysis and information Sector. His views of the profession are certainly welcome to all young diplomats.

f you ask people of other professions if they like to be

ambassadors, most of their answers will be positive. But if you ask them if they like to be directors

of heart surgery hospitals or captains of Boeing 737, their answers, unless they are heart surgeons or pilots, will be negative, because they will say they are not in that profession. In fact, one of the problems of diplomacy is the belief that this is not a profession as any other to which one’s whole life can be dedicated. Diplomacy as a profession marked my whole life. The title of this writing is a constant in my approach to this profession. This is what I thought in the beginning of my diplomatic career on the east side of the divided city, which is now a symbol of united Europe. This is what I thought walking by the Berlin Wall, not far away from the embassy of the country that no longer exists, housed in the building of the former Gestapo in the divided city, in which an unprecedented diplomatic and also intelligence warfare between the winning powers, and also between the services of the two German states, was underway. This is what I thought admiring the splendor of the Kremlin, in the country in which Communism had restored the forgotten glory of feudalism. This is what I thought facing ideologically well-versed and professionally well-trained diplomats, who were well-informed by the intelligence services, in the royal city of the last European Empire, when I wrote my reports. This is what I thought proudly walking through the vast rooms of Hofburg, watching the state, whose senior diplomatic representative I was, disappear and also watching the eternal neutrality of the Alpine republic sifting out like the content of a sandglass. This is what I thought also in the last decade of the past century, meeting in the capitals of Central Europe the still unskilled diplomats of the transition countries, recruited from completely different structures, because of the ideological purges. This is what I thought also when after a one-year delay we returned from the diplomatic service of the federation to the capital of our country. This is what I thought throughout my service in the young Macedonian diplomacy, which played a significant part in the process of Macedonia’s international recognition and accession to the Euro-Atlantic structures. And of course, this is what I think today, exactly one year before my professional diplomatic career officially ends. This is how it should be thought in the future too. Diplomacy is a profession and a diplomat should go through all the stages of diplomatic growth. Professional diplomacy reduces the risk of making mistakes in creating and conducting the country’s foreign policy. Professional diplomacy is the essential part of the reform of our administration. It is an esteemed and old profession. I intentionally left out the attribute the oldest.

to fill top diplomatic offices, according to their individual capacity and invested effort. They start from scratch and are all given equal opportunities. The system of merit is the Ministry’s long-term commitment, which is particularly relevant bearing in mind that this generation of young Macedonian diplomats, during most of their career, will be European diplomats too. Our responsibility is to help them discover the secrets of the craft, as our older colleagues used to help us in the beginning of our careers,” Kahil concludes.

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DiPlomatiC aCaDemy – steP forwarD in DiPlomatiC eDuCation

ntensive preparations are being made in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for formation of a Diplomatic Academy.

In fact, the current Sector for Diplomatic Education is expected to transform into a Diplomatic Academy. The project is still in its preparatory phase. But the conceptual bases of the future Diplomatic Academy have already been set and they will soon be assessed by the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.“The Diplomatic Academy will represent a step forward in the sphere of diplomatic education. It will enable systematic and quality preparation of diplomats for the numerous new and more complicated tasks that they will face in their work,” Lence Mitevska-Avramova, state counselor for diplomatic education and person in charge for the project of the Diplomatic Academy, said.The training at the Diplomatic Academy will be based on a mentor system, which means that every diplomat can develop his or her abilities in accordance with his or her potentials and the needs of the workplace. Of course, the accent in the work of the Diplomatic Academy will be put on basic training of young diplomats. But permanent training of diplomats of medium and senior rank is also planned, in accordance with the needs of the Diplomatic Service.Senior-rank diplomats and university professors of international relations and international law will be engaged as educators at the Diplomatic Academy. The Diplomatic Academy will also coordinate the cooperation with foreign institutions in the sphere of diplomatic education.

BilATERAl RElATionS


diMiTRiJ RUPEl REAFFiRMS SloVEniAn SUPPoRT FoR EU And nAToТhe Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Dim-itrij Rupel, paid an official visit to the Republic of Macedonia and met with his Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki, Mac-edonian President Branko Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Parliament Speaker Ljubisa Georgievski. Address-ing a press conference following their talks, Milososki and Rupel referred to their meeting as a herald of more intense cooperation between the two countries. Minister Rupel reconfirmed Slovenia’s support for Macedonia’s aspirations for full-fledged membership in the EU and NATO and emphasized that launching official mem-bership negotiations between the Republic of Macedonia and the EU would be one of Slovenia’s top priorities during its six-month presidency over the Council of the EU starting on 1 January 2008.

They also signed an agreement on consular assistance, under which the Slovenian diplomatic missions in Tokyo, New Delhi, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires will provide consular assistance to Macedo-nian citizens. At the close of Minister Rupel’s visit to Macedonia, the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Skopje organized a reception high-lighting the fact that the Slovenian Embassy took over the role of NATO’s Contact Embassy for the Republic of Macedonia in the following two years. In its new capacity the Slovenian Embassy will work on increasing the awareness of the Macedonian public and the state institutions of the Alliance’s activities. It will also have the task to organize conferences, seminars, roundtables and public debates about NATO, laying stress on Macedonia’s NATO integra-tion policy.

dEUTSchlAnd – dAS ZEnTRUM dER PoliTiSchEn wElT in 2007

Die Bedeutung DeutschlandsDas größte Sportereignis des Jahres 2006 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geschah im Sommer 2006. Die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft war nicht nur ein riesiges Sport-, sondern auch ein bedeu-tendes Kultur- und Kunstspektakel.Dieses Spektakel könnte man sicherlich auch mit der Aufführung der deutschen zentralen Rolle in der Weltpolitik im Jahre 2007 betrachten. Deutschland hat nämlich

anfang des Jahres die Präsidentschaft mit der Europäischen Union und auch mit der G8 übernommen.Es gibt kaum ein anderes Land, das politisch, wirtschaftlich und auch militärisch derart in die multilaterale Zusammenarbeit eingebunden ist. Gleichzeitig trägt die deutsche Außenpolitik, der enorm gestie-genen Verantwortung Rechnung, die Deutschland auf Bitten der Völ-kergemeinschaft heute international übernimmt.Mit der Herausbildung einer eigenen europäischen Sicherheitsiden-tität hat die deutsche Außenpolitik einen wesentlichen Betrag zur Stärkung und Stabilisierung der NATO, aber auch gleichermassen der Europäischen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik unternommen. Die Bundeswehr beteiligt sich auch erheblich an der ISAF.Als bevölkerungsreichster und zugleich wirtschaftlich starker und zentral gelegener Staat, bestitzt das Vereinte Deutschland ein vor-rangiges Interesse an der Europäischen Integration und sowohl der Fortentwicklung als auch der Ausdehnung dieses Rahmens. Gefordert werden drei Faktoren: a) der Integrationsprozess hat sich in der Ver-gangenheit als eine geeignete Rahmenbedingung zur Absicherung von Frieden, Wohlstand und Sicherheit erwiesen; b) seine Strukturen haben die Artikulation sowie die erfolgreiche Vertretung deutscher Interessen in Europa ermöglicht; und c) Deutschland hat über die gemeinsame Politik feste Partner in seinen Nachbarn gefunden.

Mazedonien – was ist zu erwarten?Die Rolle Deutschlands in Europa und der Welt ist sehr wertvoll und kann für Mazedonien sehr hilfreich und nützlich sein. Die Erwar-tungen Mazedoniens von der drittgrößten Wirtschaftsnation der Welt sind eine engere wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und natürlich deut-sche Investitionen.Die genaue und positive Einschätzung der mazedonischen Annähe-rungsmassnahmen an die EU, seitens der deutschen Ratspräsident-schaft gemeinsam mit den Ländern, die in der Folge die Präsident-schaft übernehmen werden wie Portugal und Slowenien, sollten zur Eröffnung der EU-Verhandlungen beitragen.Ähnlich sieht es mit den Anstrengungen für den NATO-Beitritt Ma-zedoniens aus.Die Zusammenarbeit in allen anderen Bereichen, wie auch im Be-reich Wissenschaft und Bildung ist für Mazedonien sehr wichtig, da Deutschland zu den drei Top-Studienstandorten zählt.Wir sind zuversichtlich, dass der deutsche Erfolg auf europäischer Ebe-ne und darüber hinaus dazu beitragen sowie Bediengungen schaffen wird, dass auch Mazedonien als Land in naher Zukunft seine legitimen europäischen une euro-atlantischen Ziele erreichen kann.

Milan Spiridonovski Staatsrat für bilaterale Beziehungen mit Europäischen- und Außereuropäischen Ländern

The second issue of “Crossroads” will elaborate upon European affairs.The promotion will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of signing the Treaty of Rome.

Cover StoryRepublic of Macedonia - 15 Years Since

the First Democratic ConstitutionKiro Gligorov, Nikola Kljusev, Gillian Milovanovic, Doris Pack,

Zhelyu Zhelev, Alain Le Roy, Umberto Vattani

InterviewSÜleyman Demirel

EssaysHenryk J. Sokalski, Danilo TÜrk, Srgjan Kerim on UN ReformMarc Perrin de Brichambaut on OSCE in South Eastern Europe

Nikola Dimitrov on NATOBlerim Reka on Sovereignty

CROSSROADSThe Macedonian Foreign Policy Journal

December 2006

Cover StoryRepublic of Macedonia - 15 Years Since the First Democratic Constitution

Kiro Gligorov, Nikola Kljusev, Gillian Milovanovic, Doris Pack,

Zhelyu Zhelev, Alain Le Roy, Umberto VattaniInterviewSÜleyman Demirel

EssaysHenryk J. Sokalski, Danilo TÜrk, Srgjan Kerim on UN Reform

Marc Perrin de Brichambaut on OSCE in South Eastern EuropeNikola Dimitrov on NATOBlerim Reka on Sovereignty

CROSSROADSThe Macedonian Foreign Policy Journal

December 2006

Macedonia’s accession talks among top priorities during Slovenian presidency

MAcEdoniAn PoliTiciAnS And ARTiSTS AcTiVE And ViSiBlE in oTTAwAZoran Petrov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, paid an official visit to Canada. In Ottawa, Petrov held separate meetings with his Canadian counterpart Peter Harder and Colleen Swords, assistant deputy minister of International Security Branch within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Petrov’s

discussions focused foremost on Macedonia’s aspirations to-wards full-fledged membership in NATO and on the Macedo-nian troops’ participation in the international peace mission in Afghanistan, as this mission is regarded a top priority for Canadian foreign policy. The possibilities for enhancement of the economic cooperation

between Macedonia and Canada were also high on the agenda during Petrov’s meetings in Ottawa. Before leaving for Toronto, the Macedonian deputy minister attended two cultural events in Ottawa that involved well-established Macedonian artists. Namely, on 10 and 11 January Macedonian internationally famous pian-ist Simon Trpceski held two concerts at the National Arts Center (NAC) in Ottawa, accompanied by the NAC orchestra. After the second concert, the Macedonian Embassy in Ottawa organized an official reception in the prestigious “Le Salon” in the NAC. In the same period, Macedonian Ambassador to Ottawa Sasko Nasev opened, in Petrov and Trpceski’s presence, the exhibition of 26 pieces of art created by well-known Macedonian painter Dimce Isailovski, who crafted them during his stay in Canada.

BilATERAl RElATionS

PoliTicAl conSUlTATionS wiTh RUSSiAConsultations were held in Moscow between the political direc-tors of the Sector for Bilateral Cooperation with European States and the Third European Department in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The delegations were led by State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski and department director Igor Bratchikov. The topics discussed at the talks were the politi-cal, economic, cultural, and education relations between the two countries, as well as the possibilities for intensifying the coopera-tion in other spheres.The Macedonian delegation, composed of Ambassador Zlatko Lecevski, counselor Ilija Isajlovski, assistant chief of the Sector for Bilateral Cooperation Refet Hajdari, and junior assistant Ana Dzeparoska, also met with Vladimir Titov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation. They discussed intensi-fication of the political dialogue between the two countries and exchanged views on the situation in the region and the resolving of the Kosovo issue.During their visit to Moscow on 19 and 20 December, the Mac-edonian delegation also met with the chiefs of the diplomatic and consular missions of Belarus, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with the aim of promoting the bilateral relations in all spheres of mutual interest and broadening the legal frame for cooperation. For this purpose, agreements for avoiding double taxation, mutual protection of investments, and air traffic were presented, as was a Protocol for Cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs.

nATionAl coMMiTTEE FoR nATo FocUSES on JUdiciAl REFoRMSAt its fourth session chaired by Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the Committee for Integration of the Republic of Mac-edonia in NATO assessed the priority activities of the Ministry for Justice within the frames of Macedonia’s preparations for member-ship in NATO.Based on the information submitted by the Ministry for Justice, the Committee assessed the adopted laws, the laws that are currently in a government procedure, and the dynamics of the reforms in this sphere.It was established that progress had been made in the reform proc-esses in the judicial system and that the set legislative acts had been implemented consistently and within the deadline. The Committee accepted the information submitted by the Ministry for Justice and it proposed intensification of the activities related to ratification of laws that are of essential importance for Macedonia’s integration in NATO.The committee also issued a recommendation to the courts to speed up the resolving of the lawsuits, which would contribute to-ward increasing the efficiency of the judicial system.The Minister for internal affairs presented the activities and the progress achieved in the fight against human trafficking.The committee also established the need for future methodological improvement of its work, which implies less wasting of energy on empty political debates and focusing on the reforms and activities that are necessary for Macedonia’s integration into NATO.

MFA And SEA UPdATE nPAA REGARdinG ESdPA working meeting took place between the Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs (MFA) and the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) aimed at updating the National Program for the Adoption of the Acquis (NPAA) as regards the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Zoran Petrov, the Head of the ESDP Working Group, State Counselor for EU Affairs Jovan Tegovski, and representatives of the SEA and the MFA participat-ing in the Working Group and the development of the NPAA. An overview of the preparation of the ESDP chapter, which the MFA is in charge of, was made and the activities for finalizing the NPAA, which will be presented to the European Commission in mid February, were defined at the meeting.

Zoran Petrov meets his Canadian counterpart Peter Harder

Overview of preparations at MFA


PRESEnTATion oF MAcEdoniAn ToURiST PoSSiBiliTiES in MAcEdoniAn EMBASSy in lJUBlJAnAA promotion of the Republic of Macedonia’s tourist possibilities was held in the Macedonian Embassy in Ljubljana. The promotion, which was followed by a press conference, was held by the FRAMA travel agency from Skopje, in cooperation with the Macedonian Embassy.Approximately 60 representatives of TV stations, printed media, travel associations, and a large number of travel agencies from the Republic of Slovenia attended the promotion.The promotion was opened by Macedonian Ambassador to the Re-public of Slovenia Samoil Filipovski, who welcomed the guests and expressed satisfaction with the Slovenian tour-operators and tourists’ increasing interest for the beauties of the Republic of Macedonia.Dimitar Bojadzieski, director and owner of the FRAMA travel agency from Skopje, presented more details about Macedonia’s tourist possibilities. He also thanked the Macedonian Embassy in Ljubljana for the successful cooperation in the promotion of Mac-edonian tourism.Representatives of tourist facilities from the Ohrid and Struga region also attended the promotion. The video presentation of the Republic of Macedonia’s tourist wealth was accompanied with authentic Macedonian music, and it ended with tasting of Macedo-nian food and wine.

SUccESSion coMMiTTEE AchiEVES FURThER cooRdinATion in AlloTMEnT oF BUildinGS in oEcd coUnTRiES

The Committee for Division of the Dip-lomatic and Consular Property of the Former SFRY convened in Skopje. The committee assessed issues related to the transfer of the 44 buildings allotted at the previous committee meeting, which was held in Zagreb in December last year.“We all agreed that this is an ample and complex task. We also assessed that, in conditions of full mutual trust and coop-eration, this significant step should start immediately so that it can be completed by the end of this year at the latest,” Ambas-

sador Nikola Todorcevski, representative of the Republic of Macedonia to the Committee for Succession of the Diplomatic and Consular Prop-erty, stressed.Ambassador Todorcevski added that they also achieved further coor-dination of the interests concerning the forthcoming further allotment of the buildings in the OECD member countries. The art experts were also asked to speed up their work in light of the initiated procedure for transfer of these buildings.“Every meeting of the committee is just another step toward final clos-ing of this issue. The allotment of 49 of the 116 buildings indicates that we are somewhere in the middle of the implementation of the Agree-ment on Succession of the Former SFRY. We hope that the success in the division of the diplomatic property will have positive influence and that it will also speed up things in the other domains that are part of the succession,” Ambassador Nikola Todorcevski concluded.The committee will hold its next meeting in Ljubljana on 15 and 16 March this year.

H O M M A G E

Agim Halili (1957-2006)Il nous a quitté pour toujours. Il est parti trop tôt, trop vite. En 2002 il intègre le service diplomatique au Ministères des Affaires étrangères de la République de Macédoine, où il a ex-ercé ses fonctions au sein du Secteur des Affaires consulaires et du Droit international. Le destin a voulu qu’il nous quitte le jour de son anniversaire. En sa mémoire, ses collègues ont déposé une couronne de fleurs fraîches sur sa tombe dans son village natal de Dzepciste.Adieu Agim, ton nom en français signifie l’Aurore. Tu resteras à jamais dans nos cœurs.

Daim Iljazi

JoinT hiSToRy TExTBooKS in ThE EU And SoUThEAST EURoPEOn the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, the Ambassadors of Germany and France, Ralf Breth and Bernard Vale-ro, presented the first volume of the joint German-French history textbook. The presentation took place at the National and University Library in Skopje. H.E. Bernard Valero gave a brief overview of the developments in the bilateral relations between Germany and France in the last cen-tury, from the open hostility encapsulated in the two world wars to the wide range of efforts enabling mutual reconciliation after 1945 and taking of joint actions within the framework of united Europe, while H.E. Ralf Breth presented the synopsis of the German-French joint history textbook. The first volume of the textbook covers the history of Europe and the world from 1956 onwards. Intended for students preparing their Baccalauréat and Abitur qualifications, it was introduced in second-ary schools in both the countries in September 2006, and it is up to teachers to decide whether to use it. The other two volumes of the textbook are still in preparation and should be released by 2011. They will focus on the period from an-cient times to Napoleon’s Empire and from the Con-gress of Vienna to World War II.According to Ambassador Breth, this Franco-German endeavor is worth close scrutiny because prejudice and misunderstanding be-tween nations, at all levels of society, is so often based on a distorted view of each other’s histories or a refusal to admit common ground and mutual differences. After their presentations, the Ambassadors handed both German and French copies of the textbook to Macedonian Parliament Speaker Ljubisa Georgievski and Education Minister Sulejman Rushiti. The ceremony at the National and University Library ended with the presentation of two recent projects for preparing a joint history text-book in Southeast Europe. The Director of the Institute of National History of Skopje, Todor Cepreganov, and the Executive Director of Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe of Thessaloniki, Greece, Nenad Sebek, expounded this undertaking.

Ambassador Nikola Todorcevski

The ceremony at the National and University Library, Skopje. Photo: Petr Stojanoski


From the diplomatic diary:

“MR. nyET” oR ThE “EVil SPiRiT” AT ThE MiniSTRyBy: Zvonimir Popovik, Chief of the Sector of Finance

Skopje, May 2005. Spring, see-mingly as any other. My unused annual leave, before the end of my term at the Embassy in Vienna, goes along its usual path, where I use one day to finish my regular professional responsibilities at the Ministry and, first of all, to have a laid-back chat with my colleagues. A twist of fate turns my wish to greet on the hoof a colleague of mine, who filled the office of state organization counselor at the time, into a rather different

reality. Our conversation takes longer and from a laid-back chat turns into a serious discussion. I am being told views of the senior staff regarding my engagement on my return to Skopje.

You can imagine my reaction to the offer I received. Head of the Sector of Finance and Accounting! There are certain posi-tions in diplomacy that you dream never to get. My academic background, diplomatic experience and adherence to principles in doing my job were singled out as arguments that should have convinced me, or consoled me. The effect of the diplomatic sharing of different opinions was felt in September, in the usual way: the senior staff is always right. The Minister appointed me chief of the financial sector.

I have since gained new popularity at the Ministry. I have been known as “Mr. Nyet” for a year and a half now. What can I do? Since the very first day, I have insisted that the accent of work be put on strengthening budget discipline and timely budget projection. So as not to be the only swallow in spring, I tried to keep the legal sector and the internal audit in my flock, all of which was in the service of laying the foundations of a system of work that would have preventive control and observance of all procedures defined with legal provisions as its basic postu-late. This implies that rules apply equally to all, including mi-nisters. However, my popularity does not change shifting onto others. On the contrary, it grows.

Being equal to all the others, it is now a turn of the former mi-nister, who appointed me to this position. The author of these lines refuses to accept his bill for representation run up during a business trip abroad. He has no fiscal receipt. The situation repeats, again and again. Another two bills are refused for ha-ving no legal basis. The minister has to return his advance pay-ments. In this way he contributes to enhancing state adminis-tration. However, the rumor of the “evil spirit” spreads around the Ministry. Victory of principles, at my expense. And the fact that the incumbent minister consults me on financial matters on a regular basis speaks volumes of the fact that my image has not changed yet.

Anyway, popularity is not always bad. It can be fun sometimes, as that New Year’s party. The program includes a surprise for the Ministry’s staff – a belly-dancer conquering the hearts of the male part of the Macedonian diplomatic service. Most of them financially reward her conquest, but one refuses to relent. You can guess who. And who else at the Ministry can ask for three quotations and a fiscal receipt?


lA SPlEndEUR conSUlAiRE dE BiTolAAprès environ un siècle et demi, la ville de Bitola atteint de nouveau le chif-fre de neuf consulats. Tout commença en 1851 dans l’Eyalet de Roumélie où Bitola était le chef-lieu et un centre administratif et militaire très important pour la Turquie européenne, qui y avait installé des corps principaux de l’armée dont la troisième armée turque. L’importance acquise par la ville, suscita l’intérêt des puissances européennes et des monarchies balkaniques qui commencèrent à y nommer des représentants consulaires.

C’est l’Autriche-Hongrie qui a fait le premier pas en 1851 voire 1867, l’année où le Consulat royal d’Autri-che-Hongrie a commencé à fonctionner. En 1852 a été ouvert le Consulat Royal de Grande Bretagne; le Vice-consulat de France fonc-tionne de 1854 à 1859 avec un arrêt jusqu’en 1895, lors-

qu’il devient de nouveau actif ; concernant le Consulat russe , il est ouvert en 1861, et celui d’Italie, en 1895. Les historiens vont noter le fait que parmi les pays balkaniques, ce fut la Grèce qui s’est installée la première et dont le Consulat royal est ouvert en 1859, suivi par le Consulat royal de Serbie en 1888, le Consulat de Roumanie en 1859, tandis que la Bulgarie est présente à Bitola avec l’Agence commerciale princière qui s’est transformée en Consulat en 1908. De cette manière, le chiffre de neuf consulats fut atteint dans la ville.

L’histoire recommence. En ce nouveau millénaire, la ville de Bitola devient intéressante et attractive pour l’ouverture des agences consulaires. La fierté de la ville est d’autant plus grande que le chiffre de consulats du début du XXème siècle, sera bientôt atteint et même dépassé.

Le mois de juin 1996 marque le début du retour de la splendeur consu-laire. l’Agence Consulaire de France est inaugurée dans le centre-ville, en présence du Président de l’Assemblée Nationale de la France, Monsieur Phi-lippe Seguin, et Mme Kaliopa Krivasija-Stilinovik, originaire de Bitola, est nommée Consul honoraire.

En 1998, le drapeau est déployé devant le Consulat Honoraire de la Ré-publique de Turquie, et en 2000, c’est la Grande Bretagne qui a ouvert son Consulat. Tout en plaisantant, les citoyens de Bitola, disent que la fameuse rue piétonne «Chirok sokak» devient trop étroite pour accueillir toutes les initiatives d’ouverture de consulats, étant donné le fait que, entre temps, ont été inaugurés: le Consulat de la Fédération russe (en 2001), le Consulat de Slovénie (en 2005) et, toujours en 2005, le Consulat grec.

A Bitola, l’année 2006 a été marquée par l’ouverture de deux nouveaux consulats. Le Président de la Croatie, Monsieur Stipe Mesik, est venu inau-gurer, en personne, le Consulat de Croatie, et a saisit cette occasion pour souligner que les choses qu’il avait lu dans les livres depuis son enfance, et qui étaient des objets de ses rêves, aujourd’hui deviennent une réalité. C’est très important d’avoir son propre Consulat dans la Ville des Consuls, a fait remarquer lors de la cérémonie, le Président Mesik.

L’année était en train de prendre sa fin, lorsque le huitième Consulat , celui de la Bulgarie a été inauguré.

Toutefois, le nombre de neuf sera vite atteint. En printemps, le Consulat serbe commencera a fonctionner , ce qui fut confirmé par l’Ambassadeur de ce pays en Macédoine, S. Exc. M. Zoran Popovik. La décision d’ouverture d’un Consulat roumain existant depuis un certain temps, la mort subite du Consul honoraire, Monsieur Niko Paligora, a provoqué un retard de l’inauguration de cette agence consulaire, dont le siège sera aussi sur la rue ’’Chirok sokak’’. Les autorités locales affirment un progrès dans les négocia-tions au sujet de l’ouverture d’un Consulat du Monténégro, ce qui justifie le pronostic, que le chiffre d’or de neuf Consulats, sera vite dépassé. (MIA)

GENERATION OF EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS - MICmicnews.com.mk/files/MDB_jan_2007.pdf · mission in the Republic of Macedonia to the Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Giorgio Radicati / OSCE Spillover Monitor

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