The Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry has reaffirmed that the Prespes Agreement, which resolved the decades-long name dispute, “is part of the Constitution of North Macedonia and is fully binding for both sides, both at international and at domestic level.”
The statement responded to comments by North Macedonian Prime Minister Christian Mickoski, who said he had effectively restored the use of “Macedonia” domestically.
The ministry emphasized that North Macedonia’s constitutional name is explicitly defined in Article 1 of the Prespes Agreement, of which it is a party, and warned that “every effort to counterfeit or alter the contents of the Agreement will never be acceptable by the Greek side.”
It added that the agreement “is part of International Law, and compliance to it is a foundation of people’s and states’ peaceful coexistence.”
“In international agreements, there are no de facto situations; their implementation is uniform and universal,” the ministry said, noting that progress in bilateral relations and North Macedonia’s EU path “require a strict compliance with the agreements and respect of the principle of good neighborly relations.”