The president, whose powers were largely ceremonial, presided over NATO-brokered peace talks that led to the Ohrid Agreement, which ended seven months of clashes between government forces and ethnic Albanian rebels.
Predsednik, čija je moć u velikoj meri protokolarna, predsedavao je mirovnim razgovorima pod pokroviteljstvom NATO-a koji su doveli do Ohridskog mirovnog sporazuma kojim su okončani sedmomesečni sukobi vladinih snaga i albanskih pobunjenika.