Macedonia: Macedonia ready to agree to a "reasonable compromise"

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski he is ready to agree to a "reasonable compromise" in talks with Greece concerning its own name, according to media reports.

After holding talks with his Slovenian counterpart Danilo Tuerk, Crvenkovski explained Macedonia was ready to talk about its name as part of its efforts to join Euroatlantic organizations, but it would not agree to a dictate that would hurt its national and cultural identity and the dignity of the Macedonian people.

He suggested the only acceptable change be adding a description of the system of government to the name of the country.