- Former U.S. ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker after meeting Tuesday with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki said that the U.S. position related to the name issue remains the same. He expressed hope that the name dispute can be solved rather quickly. On Tuesday, Reeker also met with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. After the meeting, a statement was released which read that the Macedonian Government’s basic priorities are the Euro-Atlantic integration and the constructive approach in solving the name issue.