I am sorry that you are not NATO member yet, but nonetheless extend my congratulations for your outstanding contribution to the Afghan mission ISAF and for the partnership you have been nourishing with the US, President Barack Obama told to his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov at the sidelines of NATO Summit in Lisbon on Saturday.

Later today, Obama attended a meeting of the heads of delegations of Adriatic Charter members - Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Croatia, FYRMacedonia and Montenegro, which also addressed the process for settling Skopje-Athens row over FYRMacedonia's constitutional name.

The US remain committed to and wish for swift mutually acceptable solution to this matter, Obama said at the meeting.

"The US is ready to help," Obama said.

FYRMacedonia is the one who has been seeking for solution, as it has been suffering concrete consequences due to this imposed dispute, Ivanov said.

The name row was also a subject of discussion at Ivanov's meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who wished to know if there were some progress in the negotiations with Greece.