The Ohrid Framework Agreement was the cornerstone for how the state would function going forward. It cemented a truth that cannot be relativized today: Albanians are a state-forming part of North Macedonia and their rights are an integral part of the state's own constitutional architecture!
After 25 years, the mission remains ONE, simple and unwavering: to implement the Agreement. Fully, every day and without turning back! The Albanian language according to law, fair and adequate representation with real guarantees and functional decentralization are obligations and standards on which the peace of 2001 and the European future were built.
Albania will always stand by the rights of Albanians and by a sovereign, democratic and European North Macedonia. These two positions are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, a state is stronger when its citizens are, and feel, included and equal.
Congratulations on the 25th anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement!
(The author Denion Meidani is the Ambassador of Albania to North Macedonia)
