"The state is a guarantee of the survival of the Macedonian people on their remaining piece of land to be able to freely develop, complete with their own language and national-cultural identity as Macedonians," said Blazhe Ristovski, vice president of the country's first democratically elected government, in comments to SETimes.
"Država je jamac opstanka makedonskog naroda na dijelu teritorija koji mu je ostao da bi bili u mogućnosti slobodno se razvijati, zajedno sa svojim jezikom i nacionalno-kulturnim identitetom kao Makedonci", izjavio je za SETimes Blaže Ristovski, potpredsjednik prve demokratski izabrane vlade u zemlji.