Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met yesterday with the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Matthew Nimetz, who is carrying out a visit to Athens and Skopje, within the framework of the UN negotiation process for the resolution of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) name issue.  Prime Minister Antonis Samaras also joined the two men and had a brief discussion with the UN-SG's envoy. 

The two sides reviewed the course of the talks so far and examined the prospects for the negotiation process, which are based on the thoughts and ideas drawn up by Nimetz, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Avramopoulos stressed Greece’s support for Nimetz’s mandate and efforts to achieve progress on the name issue, briefing his interlocutor on the Greek proposal for the signing by the two sides of a memorandum of understanding.

This aims at imparting momentum to the negotiation process under the UN and setting out the framework for a solution.

Kathimerini: Visit by UN's  Nimetz spurs hopes of FYROM name row solution