After three years of stalemate, Skopje and Athens are rebooting UN-sponsored talks on their dispute over Macedonia’s name, which has been holding up the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration process.
The fresh round of talks in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday on the long-standing name dispute comes amid a recent improvement of relations between neighbouring Greece and Macedonia, which has sparked increased optimism in Brussels and Washington for an early breakthrough.
“The meeting is part of the United Nations’ efforts to assist the sides in finding a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue,” the office of the UN mediator in the dispute, Matthew Nimetz, said in a press release.
As part of the renewed effort on Monday and Tuesday, Nimetz is to meet with Macedonian negotiator Vasko Naumovski and his Greek counterpart, Adamantios Vasilakis, both of whom will be accompanied by representatives of their foreign ministries.
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