Addressing the court Monday, British lawyer and professor Philippe Sands, a member of the team representing Macedonia, said the name of the former Yugoslav republic had never been intended to portray "any territorial claim".
Obraćajući se sudu u ponedeljak, britanski advokat i profesor Filip Sands, član tima koji zastupa Makedoniju, rekao je da svrha imena te bivše jugoslovenske republike nikada nije bila da predstavlja „bilo kakvu teritorijalnu pretnju“.