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In the forthcoming negotiations in New York under Matthew Nimetz on the FYROM name dispute, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Dimitrov said in his statements that there is no proposal yet, but that both Greece and FYROM have encouraged Matthew Nimetz to present an initial framework that will guide the necessary progress.

The Greek government is faced with a strong front of public opinion opposed to a possible solution of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) name dispute that will include the use of the term “Macedonia”.

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Kotzias and FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov met in Thessaloniki on Thursday where they discussed ways to move forward with the name dispute, focusing on the methodology, the approach of the two parties and the framework related to the name issue, the foreign ministry said in a press release.