AP Interview: UN proposal unlikely to resolve dispute with Macedonia, Greek minister says

Greece does not consider a new U.N. proposal will resolve its dispute with Macedonia over the country's name, its foreign minister said Thursday, and Athens will block its neighbor from joining NATO next week unless the issue is settled.

U.N. mediator Matthew Nimitz presented a new proposal on Tuesday to try to solve the 17-year-old dispute that threatens to disrupt NATO's expansion plans.

But Nimitz's suggestion "is some distance away from the goals we are seeking for a solution that is clear, practical" and can be implemented, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

"We have sent our …