After Stephen Jones, a Member of Parliament for Australia’s Labor Party gave a speech insisting that his country recognize FYROM as The Republic of Macedonia, Foreign Minister Bob Carr gave reassurances that the government didn’t back him.
Carr told Steve Georganas, Vice-President of the Parliament, that “The policy of Australia to the Skopje issue remains stable,” and didn’t expect it would change. Georganas had asked him to give a definitive stance.
Jones complained about the use of “the anachronistic appellation Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), instead of the constitutional name, Republic of Macedonia, which is recognized by 135 countries including the U.S.A, Britain, Canada, Russia, India, China, Indonesia and other countries of the South Pacific. ”
The Labor MP also revealed that the President and the Prime Minister of FYROM “will soon propose as a name of a central street in Skopje the “Bob Carr” (Australian Foreign Minister) and “Julie Bishop “(Deputy Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) in recognition of their leading role and importance. ”
“The honor of recognition of these executives of the government and the opposition will be the gift in return for their contribution to the recognition of FYROM with its constitutional name,” Jones said.
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