 One week before the fresh name talks, Macedonian foreign minister Antonio Milošoski told German newspaper "Die Tageszeitung" that a solution could be found "only on bilateral basis".The Republic of Macedonia indicated it could be ready to allow Greece to use another name for the country, such as ""Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)"", however, its citizens would decide on a referendum for that.In addition, foreign minister Antonio Milošoski sent a letter to the Greek foreign ministry with a proposal of forming a joint committee of scholars from both countries who would work on determining the historical facts of the dispute, but this was promptly dismissed by Athens.