Be courageous the way you were in 2001 when leaders reached the Framework Agreement. You should act in the same way now, be courageous and do something for your country, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said after meeting Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje Monday.

According to Fule, a positive picture of the region has been created this year.

”Croatia completed the negotiations, as the other countries are moving forward. The resolution of the name issue would create a new impetus in the region and will make the country part of this positive picture,” Commissioner Fule said.

He firmly believes that the European Union is not going to import the name issue, yet he is an optimist that the dispute can be resolved by the end of the year.