FM Kotzias to meet Skopje peer on Wednesday

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday's meeting in Athens with his counterpart in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), that he sees a willingness emanating from Skopje to reach a solution to the decades-old name dispute and to "finish with irredentism."

"There wouldn't be a happier man than me if we end this story," Kotzias said on Tuesday after meeting with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic.

He also said that he didn't expect to discuss the name dispute in depth when he meets on Wednesday with FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov.

Kotzias said, however, that he will exchange views with Dimitrov on relations between the two countries, and the way forward.

Greece and FYROM have been at odds since the 1990s over the latter's insistence on calling itself "Macedonia," which Athens believes could...