The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia have held a meeting in Vienna under a United Nations-mediated effort to resolve a long-running dispute over Macedonia's name. U.N. mediator Matthew Nimetz said after Wednesday's meeting that the talks between Greece's Nikos Kotzias and Macedonia's Nikola Dimitrov had been intense but very cordial. Nimetz said both sides are "very dedicated" to solving the issue, adding that negotiations will continue "in the next weeks." Greece argues that use of the name by its neighbor implies territorial claims on its own adjoining northern province. The dispute has frustrated Macedonia's hopes of joining NATO and the European Union.

Source: ABC News April 25, 2018 18:13 UTC