After UN-appointed name issue mediator Matthew Nimetz has left, Macedonia and Greece continue their diplomatic struggle over Macedonia’s name, before the NATO summit in Chicago, Dnevnik reports.

The United Macedonian Diaspora sent a petition to US President Barack Obama and the leaders of the NATO member states, in which the Alliance is called on to grant Macedonia membership at the coming summit in Chicago.

“Macedonia’s invitation to join NATO in Chicago, in May 2012, would only support NATO's ultimate mission: a Europe that is democratic, strong, and free. Macedonia has satisfied all the complex technical criteria for NATO membership, and yet, it remains outside the Alliance due to Greece's willful violation of international law. We ask NATO leaders to take a stand for justice, and grant Macedonia the NATO membership it clearly deserves,” the UMD letter says.