Gjorge Ivanov

As Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov paid an official visit to Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reminded Macedonia that Ankara expected it to cooperate more in the fight against Erdogan's foes among supporters of the exiled cleric Fetullah Gulen.

FYROM President Gjorge Ivanov expressed his gratitude to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Turkey's support regarding the name dispute with Greece during the corner's visit to Ankara, Protothema reported. In the joint press conference that followed their meeting, Mr Erdogan stressed that with mutual will both sides could resolve the name dispute issue.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has supported the position of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in its ongoing name dispute with Greece.

President Gjorge Ivanov of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will pay an official visit to Turkey to Turkey on Monday at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Rumen Radev met with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov.

This is the first state visit since the entry into force of the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborhood and Cooperation between the two countries.

The official welcoming ceremony took place at Villa ,,Vodno'' Residence.

The national identity of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's inhabitants is threatening to become a stumbling block in the negotiations between Athens and Skopje to resolve their decades-old name dispute, as suggested on Thursday in the comments made by FYROM's leadership.

During his visit to the Macedonia, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said that issues about [Macedonian] "identity" are not part of his mandate - and that he had not heard the Greek side denying the identity of the people who live in Macedonia.

A United Nations envoy has started talks with the leadership of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over ending a long-running dispute with neighboring Greece over the country's name.

Matthew Nimetz met FYROM's president Gjorge Ivanov in Skopje on Thursday and will also see government officials and party leaders.

FYROM (Macedonian) Assembly President Talat Xhaferi expects the opposition VMRO-DPMNE to withdraw more than 35,000 amendments that it submitted to the Bill on Language.

Earlier this month, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign this bill, that would make Albanian the country's second official language, into law, and sent it back to parliament.

Earlier this month, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign this bill, that would make Albanian the country's second official language, into law, and sent it back to parliament.

Xhaferi, who is from the DUI party representing ethnic Albanians, said Macedonia's coalition government was "determined to pass this law."