Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki held talks Wednesday in New York with the UN envoy in the Macedonian-Greek name dispute, Matthew Nimetz.

"Following the talks held today, our impression was confirmed that in the imposed name dispute we have a clear situation in which one party is constantly abiding by its obligations, making efforts to settle the issue and wants to speed up the process in the spirit of European joint perspective of all the countries in the region, while the other party is continuously breaching the obligations, fails to make steps towards finding a resolution and is simply only waiting time to pass in order the upcoming European Council to avoid the adoption of a formal decision on the opening of negotiations between the EU and Macedonia. This is the reality and I believe it adequately reflects the efforts made in this name dispute by the two parties," FM Poposki told MIA after тhе meeting with Nimetz.

On Tuesday in New York, Poposki discussed the name issue with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

"The Republic of Macedonia has been a UN member for 20 years under an unprincipled condition set by our southern neighbor - the imposed name dispute. Over the past two decades, Macedonia has fully met its commitments and we are still faced with a situation where the other side in the imposed dispute has not demonstrated any sign of interest while violating its obligations not to hinder Macedonia's path to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. These are the things we shared with the ones who follow the process within the UN. Another significant fact is that the most important institution from the aspect of international law, the International Court of Justice, has ruled in favor of the Republic of Macedonia, saying the blocking is illegal", said FM Poposki after the meeting.

The Macedonian Minister on Monday attended an event marking the country's 20th anniversary of UN admission together with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Andorra and Monaco.