Nimetz: Name issue can and should be resolved next year


The name issue can and should be resolved next year, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz stated Tuesday in Brussels after Tuesday’s talks with Macedonian and Greek negotiators Vasko Naumovski and Adamantios Vassilakis, MIA reports.

“After so many years, no new magical name can appear from nowhere and solve the issue. The solution will be found with political will and good diplomacy,” Nimetz said.

According to Nimetz the climate for resolving of name issue has been definitely improved both in Greece and in Macedonia. He said that today’s talks in Brussels are held in a good atmosphere. He announced that the talks will be intensified in the next period with new meetings in New York, in January, February and March.

“Certainly, there are difficult issues for both sides, but we will try to resolve them in the next months,” Nimetz said.

Nimetz assessed that governments in Athens and Skopje put the resolving of the name issue high on their agendas and intend to continue to work on improvement of mutual relations.

Nimetz said that he did not put forward a new proposal at today’s talks, held following a three-year break.