Η ΕΚΛΗΜΑΤΙΑΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ Κοντολίζα Ράϊς ΑΝΑΦΕΡΕΙ....

''InterContinental Bucharest'', Bucharest, Romania, April 3, 2008

SECRETARY RICE: We certainly regret that Macedonia was not invited today, and we and many others worked to try and make it happen. But NATO is a consensus organization, and the good thing here is that there was no effort to suggest that Macedonia was not ready in any other way, that it didn't somehow meet the criteria. So if you read the language, what it says is that Macedonia essentially is invited pending the name - resolution of the name issue. I certainly hope it's going to be resolved soon, and I think we've made no secret of the fact that we believe that Macedonia should have been invited, but it's a consensus organization....