Greece has once again reiterated its hardline position considering Macedonia and the name issue at yesterday's meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in Brussels. Tryphon Paraskevopoulos - the Greek ambassador to NATO - after Macedonian premier Nikola Gruevski delivered an address said that Greece was still endorsing an "erga omnes" position - a name for overall use.

The chances for "erga omnes" according to Macedonian politicians are 'less than zero'.

Turkey's ambassador to NATO, Haydar Berk called for NATO to rethink its positions regarding Macedonia at the upcoming summit in Chicago.

All of the ambassadors praised Macedonia's engagement in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. They also welcomed the reform process in the country, underlying that Macedonia had been playing a significant role in securing regional stability.

The ambassadors also concluded that the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should be seen as a motivation in order progress to be made in the process of finding a solution to the name dispute.

On Wednesday, PM Nikola Gruevski in his speech before the North Atlantic Council urged all NATO countries to reconsider the issue of Macedonia's membership to NATO as soon as possible prior to the summit in Chicago. It would be a rational and correct move, he said, if a membership invitation was to be extended at the summit.

At a meeting in Brussels, Gruevski asked NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen conclusions from the 2008 NATO summit hosted by Bucharest that refer to Macedonia to be re-examined, the ICJ judgement revealing that some of the provisions of the 1995 Interim Accord had been breached by Greece to be taken into consideration and the country to be urged to abide by the Interim Accord