The foreign minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Nikola Dimitrov, on Tuesday said a planned meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias next month, in the presence of UN special mediator Matthew Nimetz, will be of an "exploratory nature".
The foreign minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), Nikola Dimitrov, on Tuesday said a planned meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias next month, in the presence of UN special mediator Matthew Nimetz, will be of an "exploratory nature".
Athens and the one-time Yugoslav republic to Greece's immediate north have been locked in a decades-old dispute over the name "Macedonia", with the official Greek side viewing the latter's constitutional name as encroaching on Greece's biggest province, Macedonia.
Dimitrov told local media that Nimetz, a long-time mediator in the dispute, may exploit the fact that the meeting will be the first to broach the "name issue" after a lengthy hiatus, whereby a discussion may take place on a future process for a resolution.
According to initial reports, the Greek and fYRoM FMs will meet in Brussels on Dec. 11 and 12.