Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SKOPJE753
2007-09-14 12:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Skopje
Cable title:
MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SKOPJE 000753
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE PAUL PFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
VIKTOR DIMOVSKI
Classified By: POLOFF NEISULER, REASONS 1.4(b) & (d).
NEW DIRECTOR OF MIA
C O N F I D E N T I A L SKOPJE 000753
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE PAUL PFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
VIKTOR DIMOVSKI
Classified By: POLOFF NEISULER, REASONS 1.4(b) & (d).
NEW DIRECTOR OF MIA
1. (SBU) On September 11, President Crvenkovski appointed
Viktor Dimovski, who had been serving until then as
Macedonia's Ambassador in Belgrade, to be the director of the
Macedonian Intelligence Agency (MIA). Dimovski replaced Kire
Naumov, who resigned, "due to personal reasons," at the end
of August after a 14-month-long tenure. Dimovski was born in
1959 in Bitola. He graduated from Skopje University's Law
School. He is married and has two daughters, ages 17 and 19.
A YUGOSLAV SPY...
2. (SBU) From 1982 through 1995, Dimovski worked for the
Bitola section of the Yugoslav Directorate for Security and
Counterintelligence, under the Federal Ministry of Interior
(MOI). In 1995, he left the MOI and joined the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA) as an assistant minister for Balkan
countries. After that, Dimovski was named the national
coordinator for the Stability Pact project on developing
entrepreneurship and small and medium sized enterprises in
the former Yugoslavia. He was also Macedonia's political
director in the South Eastern European Cooperative Process
(SEECP).
NEGOTIATOR WITH SERBIA ON BORDER, AND AMBASSADOR TO
BELGRADE...
3. (SBU) In 2001, Dimovski served as Macedonia's
coordinator in the negotiations with Belgrade over the
delineation of the Macedonia-Yugoslavia (and later,
Macedonia-Serbia and Macedonia-Kosovo) border. From 2003 to
2007, Dimovski served as the Macedonian Ambassador to
Belgrade, and the non-resident ambassador to Israel.
COMMENT
4. (C) Dimovski was a reliable contact during the 2001
border negotiations, when he shared with us advance copies of
the maps and the draft agreement. However, recurrent rumors
that he is "in Serbia's pocket" make us somewhat uneasy about
his appointment. At this critical juncture for the Kosovo
status process, Crvenkovski's appointment of an intelligence
director with long experience working with Belgrade and
alleged pro-Serbian positions raises concerns. We will
monitor closely Dimovski's actions in his new position.
MILOVANOVIC
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE PAUL PFEUFFER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,
VIKTOR DIMOVSKI
Classified By: POLOFF NEISULER, REASONS 1.4(b) & (d).
NEW DIRECTOR OF MIA
1. (SBU) On September 11, President Crvenkovski appointed
Viktor Dimovski, who had been serving until then as
Macedonia's Ambassador in Belgrade, to be the director of the
Macedonian Intelligence Agency (MIA). Dimovski replaced Kire
Naumov, who resigned, "due to personal reasons," at the end
of August after a 14-month-long tenure. Dimovski was born in
1959 in Bitola. He graduated from Skopje University's Law
School. He is married and has two daughters, ages 17 and 19.
A YUGOSLAV SPY...
2. (SBU) From 1982 through 1995, Dimovski worked for the
Bitola section of the Yugoslav Directorate for Security and
Counterintelligence, under the Federal Ministry of Interior
(MOI). In 1995, he left the MOI and joined the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA) as an assistant minister for Balkan
countries. After that, Dimovski was named the national
coordinator for the Stability Pact project on developing
entrepreneurship and small and medium sized enterprises in
the former Yugoslavia. He was also Macedonia's political
director in the South Eastern European Cooperative Process
(SEECP).
NEGOTIATOR WITH SERBIA ON BORDER, AND AMBASSADOR TO
BELGRADE...
3. (SBU) In 2001, Dimovski served as Macedonia's
coordinator in the negotiations with Belgrade over the
delineation of the Macedonia-Yugoslavia (and later,
Macedonia-Serbia and Macedonia-Kosovo) border. From 2003 to
2007, Dimovski served as the Macedonian Ambassador to
Belgrade, and the non-resident ambassador to Israel.
COMMENT
4. (C) Dimovski was a reliable contact during the 2001
border negotiations, when he shared with us advance copies of
the maps and the draft agreement. However, recurrent rumors
that he is "in Serbia's pocket" make us somewhat uneasy about
his appointment. At this critical juncture for the Kosovo
status process, Crvenkovski's appointment of an intelligence
director with long experience working with Belgrade and
alleged pro-Serbian positions raises concerns. We will
monitor closely Dimovski's actions in his new position.
MILOVANOVIC