Nikola Dimitrov

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Wednesday met with President Gjorge Ivanov to submit the full text of an agreement with Greece on the name dispute announced Tuesday.

Reports said that the meeting, which was attended by FYROM foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov, lasted for about two minutes.

The Foreign Ministry and government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) issued a joint statement on Sunday dismissing rumors of a rift over the course of name talks with Athens between the prime minister and his foreign affairs chief.

The conclusion of negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is being held up by disagreements over the "interpretation" of the legal documents and not over principle, according to senior ranking officials in Skopje.

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.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Monday attended a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) held in Brussels that focused on recent developments in Iran and Venezuela, the situation in Congo, and the post-Cotonou framework.

"Miracles are possible," Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said on Monday in Brussels, when asked to comment on the skepticism voiced by several EU member states about granting his country a start to accession talks this year.

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.

The second round of talks between the foreign ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to resolve the decades-old name dispute got under way at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on Friday.

Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov will be discussing the name issue in the presence of UN mediator Matthew Nimetz.

No constitutional change will be needed for a solution with Greece on the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the country's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reportedly said on Monday, and expressed support for the name Republic of Ilinden Macedonia.