Australia–North Macedonia relations

Australia–North Macedonia relations

Australia	North Macedonia

Foreign relations exist between Australia and North Macedonia. Australia is accredited to North Macedonia from its embassy in Belgrade, Serbia and maintains an honorary consulate in Skopje. North Macedonia has an embassy in Canberra and has a consulate-general in Melbourne.^[1]

History[]

Australia recognized the independence of North Macedonia, then known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in 1994 and established relations in 1995.^[2] Australia also helped committing for solving the naming conflict between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia at the time, as Australia is also the home of a significant Greek population which always has tensions with the smaller Macedonian diaspora.^[3][4]

Australia supported North Macedonia on joining NATO.^[2]

Macedonian diaspora in Australia[]

The population from North Macedonia in Australia is officially acknowledged to be around 100,000 by ancestry, but there is about 200,000 people claim by the community. Historically, while record about Macedonian presence to Australia surfaced in 19th century, the community came to Australia much later than other former Yugoslav diasporas, they only came to Australia by 1920s and 1930s as was known as Yugoslavs back then.^[5] The second migration occurred in 1960s.^[5] The Macedonian community has largely integrated and does not have problem with the local population.^[6]

See also[]

• Macedonian Australians
• Australia–Yugoslavia relations

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