The issues concerning the right to the name Macedonia and who has made bigger concessions provoked a fierce duel between Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Greek Ambassador to Germany Anastassios Kriekoukis following Ivanov’s address at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin on Monday. Responding to Kriekoukis’s accusations that Macedonia had not made any concessions, Ivanov said that he has a solution to the name dispute.

“The Republic of Macedonia is different from the region Macedonia. I gave the proposal Macedonia 39 percent. Greece has 51 percent. However, our 39 percent are 100 percent Macedonia, while their 51 percent are only 5 percent Macedonia. Who has the right to the name Macedonia?” Ivanov said.