Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov on Thursday in Strasbourg addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and among other things, called on the members of the Parliamentary Assembly to invest their authority and attention for protection of the diversity, identity and dignity of all nations in Europe, including the Macedonian.  Responding to journalist questions, Ivanov stated that the Republic of Macedonia has been spending a lot of its time and energy on explaining the two-decade old name dispute, instead of investing them in the country's perspectives and EU-integration process. According to experts this dispute cannot be solved with short conversations between two dinners and courteous handshakes.