 During his meeting with Solana, President Trajkovski promised to resolve the Aračinovo crisis with political dialog.However, after several meetings of the "Coordinative body for the resolution of the crisis", as well as with the "Command for the defence of the City of Skopje", on 18 June it was decided to execute a military operation to destroy the NLA in Aračinovo.The plan was prepared by General Pande Petrovski and was to be conducted by both police and infantry with the artillery and air support of the army.