- Greece remains on its red lines and demands one name for Macedonia for overall use. In the letter to Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos also demands the new name of the country to be with clear-defined qualifier that will not leave any vagueness surrounding the territory of Macedonia and the region Macedonia in Greece’s northern part. Avramopoulos sent the memorandum of Greece’s allegedly good intentions to the US, the EU, NATO and mediator Matthew Nimetz. Grigoris Delavekouras, spokesman of Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disagrees with Kanal 5 correspondent that this could mean that the Macedonian side should accept Greece’s red lines and adds that the only thing it demands of us is positive feedback of what is of common importance for both countries in reaching a name solution.

Government spokesman Aleksandar Gjorgjiev confirmed that Minister Poposki has received the letter from his Greek counterpart Avramopolous and briefly said that the letter will be reviewed with proper attention. Professor Denko Maleski says that Greece’s proposal should be reviewed cautiously whereas former ambassador Risto Nikovski said that Macedonia should give a counter-proposal.