The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia has drafted an overview that should help the country receive a positive assessment of its relations with the neighbors by the European Commission. The overview, as Foreign Ministry officials told Dnevnik, focuses on Macedonia’s relations with all its neighbors, yet most of it is in the service of demonstrating good will for resolving the name issue with Greece.

The document lists all initiatives that Macedonia has undertaken to improve its relations with the southern neighbor, such as the proposals of the Government for signing a declaration on friendship and cooperation, establishing a joint education and history commission and a joint committee between the Ministries of Interior of both countries, opening a new border crossing and holding high-level meetings.

According to Dnevnik’s information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also addresses the Interim Accord between Macedonia and Greece signed in 1995 and the Judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.