Ohrid Agreements signed
When
13 August 2001 (All day)
(Marko Georgiev)A villager from Gorno Mojanci shows fragments of a mortar that
hit his house, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, February
2002. (Marko Georgiev) Photo details
The signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement brought to an end the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which was primarily a result of ethnic tensions and the neighbouring conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
The peace agreement provided for increased rights to ethnic minority groups and set out the framework for the return of the displaced population. Tens of thousands of people were uprooted during the unrest, the vast majority of whom have since returned.
The agreement was signed by President Boris Trajkovski; the four party leaders Ljubco Georgievski, Arben Xhaferi, Branko Crvenkovski and Imer Imeri, as well as the representatives of the United States and the European Union, James Pardew and Francois Leotard.