Although no representatives from Macedonia's four major parties that signed the August 13th agreement were at the event, US envoy James Pardew, the driving force behind the accord, attended.
Premda na događaju nije bilo predstavnika četiri vodeće makedonske stranke koje su potpisale sporazum od 13. kolovoza, bio je nazočan američki izaslanik James Pardew, koji je imao ključnu ulogu u postizanju sporazuma.