Fighting was heaviest around the strategic Mount Ozren and around the Serb-held town of Doboj, a region in which the Moslem forces have succeeded in taking ground at the expense of the Serbs in recent days. This increase in fighting power might persuade them that they can take the war to the Bosnian Serb side. His words found an echo with the commander of the Bosnian army, General Rasim Delic, who has urged his men to get out of their trenches and take the fight to the enemy. The fighting was reported as international mediators were scheduled to meet secretly in Paris to put the finishing touches on a peace plan that will give 51 percent of Bosnia to the Moslem-Croat alliance and the rest to the Serbs, who now hold about 70 percent. They transport goods through Bulgaria using companies in Sofia as fronts to get around the blockade, Macedonia's foreign trade representative, Dimitar Delcev said.
Macedonian shops sell Greek milk, olives, olive oil, eggs and consumer goods.
Macedonian firms are able to export shoes, yarn, fabrics, plywood, furniture, transformers, welding machines and raw materials to Greece through Bulgaria, Delcev said. Greece imposed its embargo in February after a two-year dispute over Macedonia's name. Greece claims Macedonia harbours territorial ambitions on its northern province that bears the same name. But Greek businessmen can be seen dining in Skopje's fine restaurants and making deals with local entrepreneurs in defiance of the ban. They seem more willing to take a pragmatic approach to Macedonia than their political leaders in Athens, who have insisted the small country of 2.2 million with no army to speak of represents a threat to its national security.