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The likelihood of a deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the latter's name moved further away as the neighboring country is "not ready" to respond to the proposals discussed between the foreign ministers of the two countries in Brussels, a Greek government official said on Friday.

The Panhellenic Federation of Macedonian Cultural Associations has sued Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and accused him of high treason over his handling of name talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are reportedly on the brink of reaching a deal to resolve the decades-old name dispute after the two countries' foreign ministers apparently reached common ground on Monday.

The negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) which aim to resolve the decades-old name row are "difficult" but "necessary," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, during a speech at the annual meeting of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday he was worried that financial instability in Italy could cause problems for Greece too.

"We want a stable, democratic and pro-European Italy," Kotzias said at a news conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday he was worried that financial instability in Italy could cause problems for Greece too.

"We want a stable, democratic and pro-European Italy," Kotzias said at a news conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Tuesday that a settlement reached with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the name dispute was in Greece's national interest.

The German government on Monday encouraged Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to solve all the remaining issues standing in the way of an agreement to settle a decades-old dispute regarding the latter's name.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Monday that he and his counterpart Nikola Dimitrov have done everything in their power to pave the way for a breakthrough in talks between Athens and Skopje for settling a decades-old dispute over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, said after meeting his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, on Sunday in Brussels, that the two sides had reached a framework for a solution to the dispute over Macedonia's name - but it needed more work.