Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his "meaningful" meeting with FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) premier Zoran Zaev today (May 17, 2018) in Sofia, Bulgaria had gone some way to ending the FYROM name dispute, but added "there is still much to be done," according to the Greek Reporter website.
"I believe that we have covered a large part of the distance but there is more to cross. It is a difficult procedure and we are examining step by step all the details..." Tsipras said.
Earlier today, Zaev told reporters that teams from both Greece and FYROM were working on a roadmap which would see a deal before an EU (European Union) summit in June.
Earlier reports speculated that immediate NATO membership plus EU accession steps could be offered to Skopje if a deal about the country's name is struck with Greece. Currently, the door is closed to Skopje's membership of both bodies over its issue of the name "Macedonia," which is also the name of a province that has existed in northern Greece for centuries and that borders FYROM.
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