01/12/2009
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will meet with European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday (December 2nd), sources from the government told Makfax news agency Monday. The meeting follows Friday's talks between Gruevski and Greek counterpart George Papandreou in the Prespa Lake region in northwest Greece, on the sidelines of a regional environmental meeting. The two officials discussed the long-standing name dispute between their countries. Macedonian officials are actively lobbying ahead of this month's EU summit to get a date for starting accession talks. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will be meeting on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council, under way in Athens. (Makfax, A1, Sitel, Radio Free Europe - 30/11/09)