“We are seeking the broadest possible parliamentary and political consensus on a possible solution for the FYROM name issue ” said State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in an interview on Friday with Thessaloniki 94.5 radio.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting on 11 January 2018, in Thessaloniki within the framework of the established dialogue and consultations between the two countries, directed towards strengthening the transparency and mutual trust, according to an announcement of the Greek Foreign ministry.
Γράφει ο Ανδρέας Τσιλογιάννης Η Ελλάδα, γιατί θα πρέπει, να είναι η χώρα εκείνη που θα αποδεχθεί στη διαπραγμάτευση με τη «FYROM» και τους Διεθνείς Οργανισμούς, ως προς το εδώ και εικοσιπέντε χρόνια ανοιχτό ζήτημα της ονομασίας της «πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβικής Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας», ονομασίες σύνθετες ή μη που να περιέχουν τον γεωγραφικό προσδιορισμό «Μακεδονία»;
The reports presented in media over the possible name to which Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) will agree on for the country are “just speculation” and negotiations between the two countries are continuing, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Bujar Osmani, told journalists in Athens on Tuesday.
Greece will propose a composite name for all uses in its negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) on the name issue, which will differentiate it from the Greek Macedonia with geographic qualifiers, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in a televised interview with ANT1 on Monday night.
The dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) that has dragged on for more than two decades could be resolved by summer, when NATO is expected to hold its meeting, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in an interview with state broadcaster ERT on Saturday.
This year will be a year when we will solve foreign policy issues that have been stalled for decades and for which the nation’s interests require us to find good and productive solutions,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Thursday, following the conclusion of a “mini-cabinet” meeting held at the Maximos Mansion.
“If there is no confidence in the two parliamentary groups (SYRIZA, ANEL) for a single position on the FYROM issue, there is no government for us,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesperson Maria Spyraki said on Saturday in an interview with ‘Eleftheria tou Typou’ newspaper.
State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in an interview to radio Alpha of Kavala on Thursday that “a window is opening towards the solution of the FYROM name issue in 2018, a problem we inherited from New Democracy’s governments”.
Του Σταύρου Λυγερού Δεν είναι μόνο οι μετριοπαθείς δηλώσεις του υπουργού Εξωτερικών της FYROM Ντιμιτρόφ, ούτε μόνο η επίσκεψή του στην Αθήνα και η ανταποδοτική επίσκεψη του Κοτζιά στα Σκόπια που έχουν δημιουργήσει την εντύπωση πως ανοίγει μία προοπτική για την επίλυση του χρονίζοντος ζητήματος της ονομασίας.