Outlining the severe problems his country is faced with due to the surging in-flow of Kosovo refugees, FYROM's Prime Minister Ljupcko Georgievski has forwarded a letter to his Greek counterpart Kostas Simitis where he laments that his country will soon be faced with a political tragedy.
According to the Athens daily To Vima, Mr. Georgievski writes that FYROM is faced with humanitarian and economic catastrophes, while he lashes out against the United States and the European Union, accusing them of having embarked on military operations in Yugoslavia without displaying a sense of responsibility and without any planning for FYROM's fate.
Furthermore, Mr. Georgievski holds Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accountable for the humanitarian tragedy in Kosovo, and questions the degree to which the US and the EU can guarantee FYROM's integrity and sovereignty, and if they will fund at least a section of the humanitarian aid provided to the refugees who have flooded his country.
Concerning the presence of 12,000 NATO troops in FYROM, Mr. Georgievski commented that while it is viewed by Yugoslavia as an act of aggression, "we did not want to finance this war, which, either way, is not ours."
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