Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Defence Minister and leader of the minor coalition party in the Greek government, Panos Kammenos expressed his belief that the people of FYROM would reject the proposal put forward for the new name of their country.

Berlin called on Athens and Skopje to solve the latest issues in the nomenclature and to make use of the historic opportunity to resolve the issue.

“We believe in an honest compromise that both sides have to gain from. There will be no loser. You can not get everything you have in your mind”, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in a joint press conference after his meeting with his FYROM counterpart, Nikola Dimitrov.