Lavrov: Constitutional changes imposed by blackmailing and bribing lawmakers


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Greek newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton that constitutional changes were imposed by blackmailing and bribing the lawmakers and by direct interference of foreign diplomats.

Lavrov said that “large and continuous interfering of NATO and EU in the internal affairs of Macedonia is obvious.”

“The referendum as it is known, failed. In this situation, the lawmakers were blackmailed and bribed with direct interference of foreign diplomats including here US ambassador in the country, to vote on constitutional changes in the Parliament on Oct. 19. Now there are frantic attempts to get the process in the final stretch by early 2019, Lavrov told, claiming that Washington’s aim is the speed up accession of Skopje into NATO, and adding, “consultations with Brussels for European integration can take several decades” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov