Resignations of FYROM ministers, according to the Skopje-based news outlet Libertas, have surprised the public opinion. According to unnamed diplomatic sources, the resignation process was sped up by a meeting at the US Embassy in Skopje. In the meeting, the two resigned officials – Gordana Jankulovska and Saso Miajlkov, were given recorded telephone conversations between the staff of the FYROM intelligence service and the armed men in Kumanovo. These conversations prove that the intelligence service was involved in the Kumanovo events and according to Albanian employees of the service the armed group was asked what compensation they demanded in exchange for their withdrawal. In addition, the leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti, in coordination with ruling coalition partners, asked for the assistance of the OSCE to pull out three persons close to him and part of the armed group and then negotiate their possible withdrawal. This development, according to Libertas, is also a proof of FYROM government’s involvement in the events.