Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski called on the new Greek government to attribute to the name issue top priority and to seriously approach the resolution of this problem, because the policies of blockades do not contribute to making progress in the region.

At the press conference with EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana in Brussels on Wednesday, the Macedonian prime minister stressed that Macedonia remained committed to its reform, which the European Commission has recently assessed as positive and has therefore recommended accession talks. Gruevski did not answer a reporter’s question as to whether or not a referendum should be held in Macedonia on this issue, while Solana said a referendum was not the best solution to problems in parliamentary democracies.