UN mediator Matthew Nimetz stepped out of his mandate with part of his latest proposal for resolving of the name dispute with Greece, offering resolutions that are worse than the resolutions presented so far, President Branko Crvenkovski said yesterday at an informal meeting with journalists.

The president said that two of the five proposals for the name, "Independent Republic of Macedonia" and "Democratic Republic of Macedonia", which do not infringe upon the national identity, could be used as a basis for resolving of the problem. But Crvenkovski stressed that these proposals would be acceptable only if they are used in those places where the term "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" was used so far and only if they are not included in the passports and the personal documents. If the new name is included in the personal documents, this would mean that the constitutional name would be used only internally.