DELEGATION OF MACEDONIA RELIEF FUND, AMERICAN-MACEDONIAN COUNCIL AND THE MACEDONIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN STERLING HEIGHTS VISITED SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW'S OFFICE
July 31,2001 Lansing
Delegation headed by the Chairmans of the American Macedonian Council and Macedonia Relief Fund and Very Rev. Blagoja Aceski from the Macedonian Orthodox Church "St. Nativity of Virgin Mary", as well as Dr.Stojadin B.Naumovski, member of The Ethnic Advisory Committee of Sterling Heights Michigan, held meeting with Libbie Ward, Constituent Services Representative for US Senator Debbie Stabinow.
The members of the delegation Dr.Stojadin B.Naumovski,Misko Vasovski, Pero Kiricovski, Vaso Nestorovski presented facts the concerns over the alarming situation in Macedonia as a result of the Albanian terrorists invasion of parts of Macedonian territory, especially in the region of Tetovo, a Sister City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, a constituent City of US Senator Debbie Stabenow from Michigan. Factoid letters were presented as well.
Very Rev.Blagoja Aceski pleaded for help to Macedonia and its people by United States and US Senator Debbie Stabenaw, and presented said stories of the suffering of the Macedonians with Christian Orthodox denomination and other non Muslim minorities in Macedonia.
Constructive dialogue lasted for one hour with participation of representatives of Macedonian villages from Tetovo region. Recent victims of the terrorists Stojce Kostadinovski and his family, who's capture by the terrorists and his release was televised recently on the local TV channels and CNN as well, presented his experiences and suffering as a victim of terrorists actions. Gratitude was expressed by all participants for the steps taken to evacuate Mr.Kostadinovski from the Albanian terrorists occupation, but many concerns were raised about the remaining Macedonian American and other Macedonians and ethnic minorities who are left at the mercy of the terrorists. Among the occupied Macedonian in Tetovo region there are many US citizen or immediate relatives of citizen from Sterling Heights or vicinity.
Libbie Ward also greeted three young refugees from Tetovo and their grand father Blagoja Naumovski from Sterling Heights. Children parents and are still trapped in terrorist invaded Tetovo region.
She heard many horror stories that do not belong in the 21st millennium, among others the Ethnic cleansing of many Macedonian villages inhabited by relatives or families of US Citizen from Sterling Heights and the kidnapping of the bride and the groom and the killing of the father in law at a wedding in Neprosteno, kidnapping of a wife and 6 children of a US citizen in the same village on the outskirts of Tetovo that was ethnically cleansed by the Albanian terrorists as well as many killed, missing or tortured Ethnic Macedonians.
The delegation informed Libbie Ward of the upcoming visit to the State Department and "The March on Washington for Peace in Macedonia" on August 9,2001.Invitation was extended for the US Stabenow and Libbie Ward to visit Sterling Homecoming Ethnic Festival 2-4 August 2001.
An open invitation to visit Macedonia and Tetovo region as it was the case with the Kosovo refugee crisis when Tetovo gave shelter to the majority of Kosovo Albanian 400,000+ refugees from Kosovo, but now Macedonians themselves being a victim of Albanian terrorists are not on the agendas of any Senators or other US dignitaries, who are only willing to help the crisis in Macedonia with statements and vague moral support.
"We all know America is fair, but let's show the world that is the truth, and not give any more material to those blaming US for the crisis, but rather take decisive action in showing the real face of America as the protector of those who are the victims and in need of help. Now that being the case with the Macedonians and other minorities in Macedonia most of them even US citizen and taxpayers. who are terrorized by the Albanian terrorist, many of whom on US President's terrorist list.
Libbie Ward informed of proposed US Senate Resolution co-sponsored by US Senator Debbie Stabinaw aimed at helping the current crisis in Macedonia. She showed support for the group effort to present the truth about Macedonia and the Albanian terrorist invasion of its territory associated with ethnic cleansing of the Macedonian and other non Albanian minorities in this parts of Macedonia.
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