US Official says Skopje must solve name dispute with Greece, before joining NATO

Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs said that Macedonia will have to resolve the ‘name’ dispute with Greece before it receives an invitation.

“Macedonia has fulfilled key criteria required of NATO members and has contributed to regional and global security”, Kaidanow explained the US policy towards the summit at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Kaidanow repeated that the US wishes to see a solution to the Greek-Macedonian “name” dispute before NATO can “extend a membership offer to Macedonia”.