An announcement of a new meeting with the name dispute mediator, holding talks about crucial and delicate issues as well as crystallized positions on both sides is the result of the last round of name issue talks in New York. According to mediator Matthew Nimetz and negotiators Adamantios Vassilakis and Zoran Jolevski, a new dynamic has been agreed upon in the process and a new meeting will not be long waited for since it has already been called in a month. This frequency of meetings is brought in connection with the European Commission’s spring report on Macedonia’s progress, Dnevnik comments.

Following his 2-hour meeting with the two negotiators in New York, mediator Nimetz said they talked about the essence of the problem.

“Both countries’ positions have crystallized. Both capitals worked hard to see if an agreement can be reached. And also there were reaction to my ideas,” Nimetz said.