Greek-FYROM name talks rescheduled for mid-December

Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia representatives will meet in Brussels on December 11-12 to start talks on the name issue and discuss ways to solve this pending issue, FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told reporters on Friday.

The talks were initially set for end-November. UN envoy Matthew Nimetz, however, decided to reschedule the meeting with two countries' representatives for next month.

Macedonia is the name of a northern province in Greece and Athens is worried that the use of the same name by the neighboring state could lead to territorial claims.

Both FYROM and Greece have voiced their will and commitment to engage in talks and find a solution. The Skopje government expressed confidence that the talks on name issue, mediated by Nimetz, would produce a way out to the long-standing name dispute.

Zaev told reporters late on...