The missions of Greece and Bulgaria to the United Nations put pressure on the office of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon not to attend the marking of the Human Rights Convention of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg chaired by Macedonia. As Vreme has learned from diplomatic sources, the main reason for this is the fact that all reports of the UN and the Council of Europe say that these countries are violating human rights, especially of their minorities, and that Macedonia could take the occasion to raise this unpleasant issue to them before the UN Secretary General, Vreme reports.

Macedonia is going to chair the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe by mid November.

With the aim of presenting Macedonia better, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski are going to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Monday and Thursday respectively.