SDSM leader Branko Crvenkovski's statement that he stands for a solution to the name issue, which will not threaten Macedonia's national identity is hypocritical, as he was the one who accepted such a proposal for settling the dispute, presented by (UN-mediator) Matthew Nimetz in 2005, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters on Friday. He (Crvenkovski) also knows that Greece has for a long period of time set its positions meddling with the identity into concrete, the PM said.

"In 2005 Crvenkovski accepted one of Matthew Nimetz's proposals, which presented a threat to our identity. I clearly stood against it then. There are records that only VMRO-DPMNE pointed out that the proposal was problematic for the Macedonian identity, language. But SDSM declared it as the best thus far and embraced it, while we were fiercely criticized for our objection. Now, as a leader of the opposition SDSM, he acts in rather hypocritical manner by giving such statements, when he personally six, seven years ago accepted something that was endangering our identity," Gruevski said.

He pointed out that Greece's position on the matter was clear and  set into concrete.

There is no indications for any changes in this respect, as Greece is in a chaos over its financial crisis, Gruevski said.

"They do not even consider to take different stance in the talks, which may be seen by the last stenogram of their leaders' meeting. So they sternly hold to their position, which doesn't refer only to altering the name of the country, but also of the nation and language," Gruevski said.