25 Years Ohrid Agreement: Is N. Macedonia's Peace Holding?
A quarter of a century after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended North Macedonia's 2001 conflict, analysts warn that peace remains fragile.
Now in its 25th year, North Macedonia's Ohrid Framework Agreement has brought peace but hasn't fully achieved genuine reconciliation. Despite the six-month conflict in 2001, ethnic tensions persist. The conservative Macedonian VMRO-DPMNE party returned to power in 2021, ending two decades of governing influence for the main ethnic Albanian party, DUI.
DUI leader Ali Ahmeti now claims ethnic relations have worsened, citing attacks on the Albanian language and weakening mechanisms to prevent majoritarian rule. Half a century after the breakup of Yugoslavia, North Macedonia remains divided but strives to balance its ethnic diversity within a stable political system.
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