Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.

If everybody has goodwill that is the priority and that is what I am going to tell the president.

I really think that a ceasefire is a realistic possibility,

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences.

We are living in truly historic times, … We are giving a positive sign and strong commitment that we are ready to take a step forward in our cooperation.

Unfortunately the talks are totally blocked, mostly because of the radical change of the positions of PDP and DPA (two main ethnic Albanian parties).

The rage on the streets is not the answer,

You gave me a mandate for peace and tranquility, not war,

I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying...

We have never have been in a position to discuss or to have any kinds of talks with terrorists, and we’re not planning to in the future.

The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes.

[The Balkan leaders want more support from Western Europe for economic aid and integration into Western institutions, including NATO and the European Union.] It is time now that the countries of this region take a...

I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger – but I have to succeed.

This agreement is not perfect, but no agreement is. It’s the best we have at the moment and it has some very positive aspects, … The alternative is war.

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.

We don’t need NATO to stay on as guarantor for peace,

a bleeding wound of southern Europe.

the Albanians have declared war against the Macedonian people.

They are our friends.

political, economic and military support.

aimed at achieving a political settlement as soon as possible.

We are ready now to talk to them and we are ready to resolve any outstanding problems, … But we have to keep this fabric of the relations and not only to have ad-hoc solutions...

If we really want to take away all weapons, it is necessary to seal all the channels of their delivery to the region,

If NATO troops stayed on, this would only give us a sense of false security … and create another Bosnia or Kosovo in the Balkans.

We have to develop an isolation strategy, which will be combined political means and military means, … But first of all we are rather close to the political isolation and we are happy that the...

Although there are differences, the continuation of these talks should make progress toward the stabilization of inter-ethnic relations in the country,