- President Gjorge Ivanov summoned EU ambassador Aivo Orav on Monday for urgent consultations due to his naming of Macedonians as "Slav-Macedonians" in his speech before members of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ivanov urged Orav to apologize in public to the Macedonian people and show respect to the founding principle of self-determination and self-naming. Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki stated that everyone who represents the EU should take into account the interpersonal respect and the right to self-determination.