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Conclusion
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| 24 August 2001 |
With the signing of the Ohrid peace deal the NLA has reached a crucial turning point. Over the next few weeks it will have to make crucial decisions on whether it is to go along with the accord and disarm, before entering the internal Macedonian political process, or if it is to continue its struggle for wider Albanian nationalist aims. What is clear is that it is now making these decisions from a position of strength. With Western policymakers now having to take the NLA into account, it has proved it can shape events in the Balkans.
Who are the NLA?
Origins
NLA aims
Leadership and structure
Control of territory
The NLA arsenal