Western diplomats neither confirm nor deny the report written by well-known analyst Sam Vaknin, which was published in the LA Chronicle and the International Analyst Network, that the United States of America has a ready plan for resolving of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, the Macedonian media report. The report states that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will present this plan to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis on 23 September, and the plan will also be presented to the UN Security Council on 24 September.

According to this report, the resolution for the name dispute will be “Northern Macedonia” and it will be presented to the two sides in accordance with the “take it or leave it” principle.