thanx & congrats mile
what a handsome monument
& theres nothing like a fresh tripoint with an official report
also i cant help wondering if anyone saw or fondled or
photographed the top face of that monument
is it actually triangular as it appears
with one edge facing in each country
& is there a diagram of the trijunction inscribed there
or a center dimple
or anything to mark the exact tripoint position on the monument
regards
m
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Mile Milenkoski" <mmilenkoski@h...>
wrote:
>
>
> Tripoint between Macedonia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
> Yesterday, November 24 was held official ceremony for
installing the
> tripoint and starting of demarcation of the border Republic of
Macedonia and
> FR Yugoslavia.
>
> Koordinats:
> B 42.18.40
> L 22.21.37
>
> Regards,
>
> Mile Milenkoski
>
>
> MIA NEWS AGENCY:
> TRILATERAL MEETING OF MACEDONIAN, YUGOSLAV AND
BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS
>
> Skopje, November 24 (MIA) - Today's placement of the
borderstone marking the
> border between Macedonia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria marks
the first step in
> the implementation of the Agreement for description of the
borderline
> between Macedonia and the FR Yugoslavia, Macedonian
Foreign Minister Ilinka
> Mitreva said at the joint press conference with her Yugoslav
and Bulgarian
> counterparts, Goran Svilanovic and Solomon Pasi.
> Mitreva reported that due to the implementation of the
Agreement, mixed
> Macedonian-Yugoslav commissions have been established
who work on the
> physical demarcation of the border.
> The Macedonian Foreign Minister said that the trilateral
meeting was focused
> on the negotiations that started in Skopje during the CEI
Summit on the
> possibilities for enhancement of the regional cooperation,
which is on the
> priority list of all three foreign ministers.
> "We need to send out a message that the Balkans is not
longer a place where
> the cooperation should be brought by force, but a place where
the regional
> cooperation is essential for the future Euro-Atlantic integration
of the
> countries in the region," she said.
> She congratulated to her Bulgarian counterpart Pasi for the
invitation that
> his country received to join NATO, adding that it would also
help the
> integration of all countries from the region in the Euro-Atlantic
> structures.
> "We believe that the borders in the Balkans ought to remain
open for
> communication, but should remain closed for the organized
crime. This can be
> achieved only through strong inter-governmental cooperation,"
Mitreva
> stressed, adding that Macedonia and Bulgaria would give
strong support to FR
> Yugoslavia in its efforts to join the Partnership for Peace.
> Mitreva reported that the ministers' meeting was also focused
on several
> economic projects, including the Corridor 8 and Corridor 10
projects. In
> that context, the three ministers suggest a meeting between
the ministers of
> transport from the three countries who would review the issues
regarding
> these projects.
> She announced that the next meeting between the three
foreign ministers
> would take place in Yugoslavia.
> According to Svilanovic, the demarcation of the border would
enhance the
> communication between the different ethnic groups who live in
the
> borderzone. He assessed that the relations between the three
countries have
> greatly improved, which is visible in the numerous joint
activities that
> they implement.
> Thanking for the congratulations for his country's invitation to
join NATO,
> Bulgarian FM Pasi said that the demarcation of the border is
not an act that
> divides, but an act that connects the three countries. "I hope
that in the
> future all citizens will live in Balkans without borders," he said.
> "We strongly stand against the tendencies for dividing the
Balkans on east
> and west," the three ministers underlined, pointing out that the
Balkans
> should be seen as one entity.
> Macedonian foreign minister said that the demarcation of the
border on
> Macedonian side would cost approximately one million Euro,
for which
> Macedonia expects assistance from the EU. She also said that
the border
> agreement foresees opening of two other border crossings
between Macedonia
> and Yugoslavia.
> Asked about Pristina's discontent from the demarcation of the
border between
> Macedonia and Yugoslavia in the Kosovo section, Mitreva said
that the border
> was recognized by all relevant international factors.
> Svilanovic said that there could be talks about the border only if
that
> concerns the people, but in no case there would be such
negotiations is the
> subject is sovereignty of the province.
> After the meeting, the three ministers came out with joint
statement whereat
> they hail the establishment of the Euro-region
Skopje-Nis-Sofia, which took
> place on October 26 in Skopje.
> The three ministers also underline the significance of the
cooperation in
> the field of energy, and express readiness to fully implement
the Memorandum
> for establishment of single energy market in the SEE, which
was signed in
> Athens on November 15.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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