By contrast, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic blasted Skopje's decision to extend recognition, saying it undermined Macedonia's relations with Serbia at a time when they had just begun to improve.
Sa druge strane, ministar inostranih poslova Srbije Vuk Jeremić žestoko kritikovao odluku Skoplja da podigne nivo priznanja, rekavši da je to potkopalo odnose Makedonije i Srbije koji su tek počeli da se popravljaju.