Skopje seeks international arbitration in name dispute

FYROM deadlock
Skopje seeks international arbitration in name dispute
The foreign minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) yesterday proposed the establishment of an international arbitration committee to intervene in stalled talks aimed at solving a bilateral dispute between Greece and FYROM about the latter’s official name. Antonio Milososki expressed Skopje’s desire to find a “constructive mechanism for dialogue with Greece” and cited the example of..

Slovenia and Croatia, which managed to solve an 18-year border dispute following the intervention of such a committee. Greece’s Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis is today due to meet in New York with Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations envoy appointed to mediate in the name dispute.