GRUEVSKI AGREES TO MEET WITH AHMETI IN PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES
admin1 – March 5, 2007 – 3:45pm

The Government is prepared to accept a list of laws that would be ratified with a Badinter majority and it agrees to restructure of the assembly Committee for Relations Among the Communities. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski also agrees to a meeting with BDI leader Ali Ahmeti in the presence of representatives of the international community. The prime minister already informed Ali Ahmeti of this. Ruling coalition partners VMRO-DPMNE, NSDP, and PDSH yesterday discussed a strategy for improvement of the political climate in the country. They held a meeting in an excellent atmosphere at which they ironed out their political differences. Before the start of the VMRO-DPMNE Central Committee's session in Sveti Nikole on Sunday, Nikola Gruevski confirmed that he plans to meet with BDI leader Ali Ahmeti this week. He has nothing against this meeting being held in the presence of international community representatives, although he feels that there is no need for this.

PDSH Deputy Chairman Menduh Thaci and NSDP leader Tito Petkovski supported Gruevski in his intent to meet with the opposition and talk about their demands. The leaders of the three ruling coalition parties agreed not to attack each other. As regards the pensions for the ONA fighters, it was agreed that Gruevski should discuss this issue with all parliamentary parties to see whether there is a consensus on this. Thaci also agreed with this position.