Treaty of Niš (1923)
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The Treaty of Niš (Bulgarian: Нишка спогодба, Serbian: Нишки споразум/Niški sporazum) was a treaty signed on 23 March 1923 by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Bulgaria[1] which obliged the Kingdom of Bulgaria to suppress the operations of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) carried out from Bulgarian territory. As a result of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Bulgaria was in a grave situation having lost territory to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Greece and Romania and the right to maintain an army of no more than 20,000 combined with heavy reparations to those countries. The treaty was an attempt to normalize relations with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and gain its support on the Bulgarian claims to Western Thrace and Southern Dobruja but knowing the Bulgarian weakness the latter reduced the negotiations to technical issues and the Bulgarian responsibilities to fight the IMRO.
Signed | 23 March 1923 (1923-03-23) |
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Location | Niš, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Negotiators | Živojin Lazić Aleksandar Stamboliyski |
Signatories | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom of Bulgaria |