After the Prime Ministers reaction to the interview in the “The Guardian”, the British newspaper changed its headline. The original title “Macedonia is ready to change its name to end the 24-year dispute with Greece” has now has been replaced with “Macedonian Prime Minister is open to dialogue about the name change to end the 24-year old dispute with Greece “.
After today’s announcement of this news, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, immediately reacted to with a response.
“I have never said such a thing. And we will respond to “The Guardian”. It is obvious from the text itself that it came from a comment from a journalist, not a statement from me. It is crystal clear. We are used to these sorts of provocations. Obviously the topic of our countries name, and the name dispute itself, has become popular at a point in time as one would expect and such tendentious and erroneous interpretations of many who do not want the country to make good process and are either yearning for false exclusivity or performing someone else’s agenda, we expect this sort of behaviour, ” read the written statement by Prime Minister Gruevski.
