UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday remembered President Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia building stability and keeping his country unified.
The 47-year-old president of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was killed along with several staff members in a plane crash in bad weather in a mountainous region of Bosnia.
"Trajkovski will be remembered for his crucial role in preserving the unity of his country and laying down the basis for the stability of a multiethnic Macedonia," Annan spokesman Fred Eckhard said in a statement.
"A true European, Trajkovski greatly contributed to the development of regional cooperation and led his country towards membership in the European Union ..."
The spokesman said Annan extended condolences to the families of the plane crash victims "and to the people of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia."
