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Northern Macedonia: Foreign Minister asks the “Football Federation of Macedonia” to change its name

Meeting with the President of the “Football Federation of Macedonia” (FFM), Muhammad Seidini, had today, Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Northern Macedonia, Bouyar Osmani, with the latter asking the former to change the name of the Federation, in order for it to correspond to the constitutional name of the country.

According to a relevant announcement of the foreign minister of the neighbor, Mr. Osmani pointed out the legal obligations for the use of the constitutional name by the organizations that represent the country and that in any way receive grants or other funding from the state, during this meeting.

According to the same announcement, the country’s Foreign Minister and the President of the Football Federation agreed to approach this issue in a good and positive mood, in order to overcome all the disagreements and challenges that arise.

As reminds the APE BPE, recently EURO, in which Northern Macedonia also participated, the Football Federation appeared as the “Football Federation of Macedonia”, as to date it has not changed its name, which provoked the reaction of the Greek side, which noted that this action contradicts the forecasts. of Prespa Agreement.

It is pointed out that the Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Zoran Zaef, recently called on the Football Association to change its name.

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