Greece will have to recognize the existence of a Macedonian language and identity to settle its name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), one of the neighboring country's top officials told the Kathimerini (Greek) website yesterday (October 31, 2010).
Speaking after Prime Minister George Papandreou and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Gruevski met on October 29 for inconclusive talks in Brussels, FYROM Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Vasko Naumovski said that Greece had to "accept reality."
He added, "The reality that the existence of a Macedonian identity, nation, language, and state cannot change."
Greeks want FYROM to change its name which it adopted in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia, because a northern province in Greece -- where Alexander the Great was born -- is also called Macedonia and borders FYROM. Many Greeks believe that FYROM may someday try to annex the Greek province of Macedonia, because of the similarity of their names and their proximity to one another.
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