Defense Minister of North Macedonia: “If NATO asks, we will fight with Russia”
There is a possibility that the army of Northern Macedonia will be involved in a possible military conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, this was stated by the Minister of Defense of this country, Slavyanka Petrovska.
At the same time, the newly appointed minister clarified, after change government of the country, the decision on participation in the war has not yet been made by official Skopje. She also clarified that North Macedonia favors a diplomatic solution to the dispute between Russia and Ukraine.
“But there is a possibility that we will be drawn into a possible conflict if NATO asks for something like this,” the minister said.
Macedonian media note that such a step is possible only with the consent of the President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, a pro-Western politician from the political team of the resigned former Prime Minister, leader of the victorious local Maidan Zoran Zaev.
Petrovska also said that the Macedonian armed forces are already preparing an analysis of the possible participation of their army in this conflict, but noted that a decision on this has not yet been made.
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