Macedonia is to hold early elections in June

Macedonia may delay official recognition of the Repulic of Kosovo until parliamentary elections are held in the beginning of June this year.

Political analysists believe this delay will not serve good neighborly relations between the two countries, while Albanian citizens of Macedonia on the other hand are demanding that elections be conditioned with recognition of Kosovo's independence.

Government spokesperson Ivica Bocevski repeated today that Macedonia's Government does not have a new stance with regards to recognizing Kosovo.

Albanian citizens have demanded from the Albanian political parties to sign a common platform to be delivered to Prime Minister Gruevski, asking the government to recognize Kosovo's independence before parliamentary elections take place.

Regarding border demarcation talks, officials from the Macedonian Foreign Ministry said today that the joint Macedonian-Albanian commission would meet next week in Skopje, Macedonia's capital.

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Paul said:

	Yes, according to the UN resolution 1244, Kosovo is still a province of Serbia. Therefore their declaration is totally illegal and has no legitimacy.
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Ron said:

	As Kosovo is a Serbian province Macedonia should recognize Kosovo. Kosovo is just a province. If (!) it had been an republic things were very different.
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