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FYROM PM Says Name Dispute with Greece to be Resolved Soon

Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia prime minister Zoran Zaev said a major step has been taken on resolution of the dispute with Greece on the international name of his country, the French press reported.
The two recent meetings of foreign ministers of both countries in Athens and Skopje helped to establish friendly relations. “This is not a solution, but a big step was taken,” the prime minister said.
He expressed confidence that new solutions would emerge in December and early 2018 in the negotiations on this issue under the guidance of the UN.
Greece and the EU recognise the small landlocked country by its provisional name, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), under which it was also admitted to the UN.
Skopje has long insisted that this designation was only provisional, but in June, Zaev, a Social Democrat, seemed to relax the line of his nationalist predecessors.
“I am convinced that today we have better perspectives to resolve this delicate problem,” Zaev said on Tuesday.
Any solution prepared “together with the opposition” will be put a referendum, the prime minister added.

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