Yes, because we have a lot of bad experiences from a former time in the Yugoslav period. The Yugoslav army has -- Macedonian army now -- has not a lot of professional skills to fight against guerrillas. Their frustration will be against the civilians. We saw this in Yugoslavia and we don't want to see it in Macedonia.

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