In its response to the draft memorandum, Macedonia is trying not to give Greece anything that the southern neighbor can take advantage of in the lead-up to the December summit of the EU, said diplomatic sources in their statements for Dnevnik about the letter that Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki sent to his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos.

Macedonia invokes the Interim Accord in its response and appeals for more intense name issue talks, meetings at the highest level and that Athens accept the proposal of the European Commission that the name issue talks unfold in parallel with the EU membership negotiations.