london macedonia hop do enough convince european union start accession talk quarter-of-a-century-long row neighbour greece rumble foreign minister say wednesday greece veto ex-yugoslav republic attempt join eu nato say name macedonia imply territorial claim greece northerly region macedonia macedonia suggestion last month use name former yugoslav republic macedonia international body immediately embrace greece macedonia foreign minister nikola dimitrov tell reuters two side set meet late month u.n. general assembly new york whatever outcome macedonia want eu agree accession talk could take years least get way enough term reform home hope reach stage start eu accession talk deal name issue parallel dimitrov say time take go eu membership process might give greece previously insist skopje use compound name new upper macedonia enough comfort process halt need european commission president jean-claude juncker give boost macedonia eu hop serbia albania montenegro bosnia kosovo say wednesday must maintain credible enlargement perspective western balkans join nato clear cut mean unlikely much leeway greece fight way nato alliance talk way dimitrov say need see athens ally ... long run also greek interest law-governed neighbour northern border macedonia small ex-yugoslav republic million people declare independence 1991 avoid violence accompany much breakup yugoslavia late rock insurgency among large ethnic albanian minority almost tear country apart 2001 emerge two years political turmoil wiretapping scandal bring previous rule nationalist vmro-dpmne party bloc 2015. tensions boil april protesters storm parliament assault country prime minister party ethnic albanian ally vote elect albanian parliament speaker macedonia position greece mean also key syrian refugee north african migrant transit route northern europe eu turkey strike deal stem flow turkey due come months receive tranche money come deal dimitrov say important arrangement remain firm think important europe continue assist turkey think close balkan route turkish-eu financial deal together help europe refugees organise approach problem important need stay place version story remove wrongly attribute acronym paragraph macedonia want eu membership process greek talk run tandem