Hill: I know Macedonians will not give up their name

Former American Ambassador to Macedonia Christopher Hill says he knows Macedonia will never give up its name, and that the subject of talks with Greece should be to find a solution that will open the road to European Union membership without giving up the constitutional name.

"I think that the solution should be a package that would be acceptable to all, but would keep the constitutional name. Macedonia will not change its constitutional name, but there needs to be some compromise, understanding that the constitutional name stays and the package includes European Union membership. Can someone solve this issue now? I don't think so. I know that Macedonians will not change their name. For them, and for the United States of America, the name is Republic of Macedonia", Hill told the Macedonian Television, during an event in the John's Hopkins University in Washington.