Macedonia's peace process revived

Heeding Nato and European Union warnings that Macedonia faces the risk of renewed ethnic warfare, leaders of the country’s majority Macedonians and ethnic Albanians pledged to revive stalled reforms under a Western-sponsored peace accord.

Nato Secretary-General Lord Robertson and Javier Solana, the EU’s foreign policy chief, negotiated a formula yesterday to bring lawmakers from the rival sides back to parliament for a debate on constitutional amendments meant to upgrade ethnic Albanian rights.