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      "title": "Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy",
      "summary": "In early 2001, an eight-month conflict between ethnic Albanian insurgent forces and Macedonian\npolice and security forces threatened to derail the country's fragile stability and lead to another\nextended conflict in the Balkans. Later that year, U.S. and European intervention led to the signing\nof the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which outlined a package of political reforms to expand the\nrights of the ethnic Albanian minority while rebel forces were disarmed and disbanded under NATO\nsupervision. Implementation of the Ohrid agreement proceeded slowly at first but has progressed\nin recent years. Numerous challenges in 2004, including the accidental death of President Trajkovski\nand violent inter-ethnic incidents in neighboring Kosovo, threatened to increase political instability.\nHowever, an opposition-sponsored referendum on November 7, 2004, which sought to halt plans for\ndecentralization and local governmental reforms called for under the Ohrid accords, failed due to low\nturnout. Municipal elections under the new redistricting plan took place in March 2005. The\nmulti-ethnic coalition government that was elected after the 2001 conflict looks likely to complete\nits term until 2006. \n The United States continues to support multilateral efforts to stabilize Macedonia, but has\nincreasingly looked to the European Union to play a larger international role in the Balkans, starting\nwith Macedonia. In March 2003, the European Union launched its first military mission in\nMacedonia, taking over from a small NATO presence. The EU military mission, which has also\nserved as a test case for the EU's ability to carry out its own defense policy, concluded its operation\non December 15, 2003. The EU maintains a police training mission in Macedonia. \n Macedonia's long-term goals, shared by the United States and the international community,\ninclude full membership in NATO and the European Union. NATO has pledged to uphold its \"open\ndoor policy\" for NATO candidate countries such as Macedonia, Albania, and Croatia. Macedonia\nhas concluded a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, applied for EU membership\nin early 2004, and anticipates formally being named an EU candidate country by the end of 2005.\nEU and U.S. officials urged Macedonian voters to stay on track with reforms consistent with the\nOhrid agreement, and praised them for endorsing Euro-Atlantic integration with the widespread\nboycott of the November 7 referendum. On the eve of the referendum, the United States announced\nits decision to recognize Macedonia by its constitutional name, the Republic of Macedonia, rather\nthan its interim name, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as an expression of support\nto a multi-ethnic and democratic state. Its name, however, remains in dispute with neighboring\nGreece, and U.N.-sponsored talks to resolve the dispute are ongoing.\n Related reports include  CRS Report RL31053 ,  Kosovo and U.S. Policy , and  CRS Report RL32136 ,  Future of the Balkans and U.S. Policy Concerns . This report may be updated\nas events\nwarrant.",
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