Athens asked recently that Ambassador Erwan Fouere, special representative of the European Union to Macedonia, be dismissed from this post, Dnevnik has learned from diplomatic sources in Brussels. These sources, who wanted to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of this issue, say that the Greek ambassador to Brussels presented such demand at the meeting of the Political and Security Committee of the EU “because Fouere does not represent the interests of the 27 EU member countries. With this he wantonly breached his duty, as a result of which he should be urgently dismissed from his post”.

The Greek ambassador made this demand following EU Ambassador Fouere’s recent report on the situation in Macedonia following the adoption of the European Commission’s report on Macedonia for year 2007.

The EU Mission in Skopje is surprised by the reports that Athens demanded replacement of EU Ambassador to Macedonia Erwan Fouere. “This is speculation,” a representative of the European Commission in Skopje said today, adding that they would release a statement after they assess all aspects of this information, A1 reports.