- German Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier at the conference at the Aspen Institute in Berlin, in relation to the dispute between Macedonia and Greece, said that Germany cannot order Greece to solve the issue. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee added that the name issue is not only a bilateral issue but a regional one. Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki said that the six-year postponement of the start of negotiations has consequences for Macedonia.