After almost three months Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has responded to the proposal of his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski for a tete-a-tete meeting. He gives his approval for the meeting to take place on sidelines of the next European Council's session, scheduled for early March.

According to Greek news agency ANA-MPA, Papademos in his letter notifies that Greece attaches great importance to the bilateral relations, as demonstrated by the cooperation in numerous sectors, above all the economic one.

Papademos considers that the name dispute should be resolved within the UN-mediated negotiations.

"I am encouraging you to work constructively on achieving of this objective," Papademos' letter reads.

He considers the forthcoming visit of UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to Skopje and Athens should push the negotiating process towards reaching a solution, for which political will from both parties is needed.

Greece, Papademos says, is committed to a long-term policy of peace and stability in the region and an integration of all Western Balkan countries with the Euro-Atlantic organizations, as well as to promoting good-neighbourly relations - a basis for achieving of this goal.

Athens will also continue to promote the 'Agenda 2014', particularly during its forthcoming EU Presidency mandate, Papademos says in his response to Gruevski's letter of invitation, handed over last month in Athens by Vice-Premier Teuta Arifi to her Greek counterpart Theodoros Pangalos.