In 2005, Greece agreed that Macedonia should realize the Euro-Atlantic integration under the reference of FYROM, according to the wires recently posted on WikiLeaks. In a document sent from the US Embassy in Athens, one month before Brussels decided on the application for Macedonia’s membership, it is said that Greece rejected Nimetz’s latest proposal yet the authorities said they would not object to the use of the reference FYROM in order not to block Macedonia’s progress.

According to the wire of 11 October 2005, then Greek Foreign Minister Molyviiatis said that the double formula proposal was unacceptable and accused Nimetz of siding with Macedonia. However, the document confirms that crucial for the USA at the time was for the name not to hinder Macedonia’s European integration.

In another wire of 18 October 2006 that WikiLeaks recently revealed it is said that then US Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic, although not being an optimist about opening membership negotiations with the EU, strongly believed that Macedonia would join NATO in 2008.