Beijing horns in The PRC is reported to be the main cause of the diplomatic rupture. Macedonia has been beset in recent years by both internal and external threats. Fighting connected with the separatist movement in neighboring Kosovo has generated a mass exodus of refugees into Macedonia, while the Macedonian government has been unable to quell a domestic rebellion by ethnic Albanians.
根據報導，此次馬國決定與我國斷交，主要的導火線是因馬國近年內亂外患不斷，外有鄰國科索沃獨立戰爭引發的難民潮湧入，內有阿爾巴尼亞族反叛部隊難以平息，亟需聯合國維和部隊進駐以維持政局穩定。