Macedonia's EU accession talks should start as soon as possible since the adoption of such decision would also give a significant incentive to the process of overcoming the name difference with Greece, said Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki at Friday's meeting with ambassadors of EU member-states to the Republic of Macedonia.

The regular meeting with ambassadors aims at exchanging opinions on issues of current interest over Macedonia's Union integration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.

FM Poposki stressed the country is ahead of a dynamic agenda in its relations with the EU, which is expected to produce additional arguments over Macedonia's readiness to start accession talks.

The agenda includes the second meeting of the High-Level Accession Dialogue, due to be held in Skopje on May 7, co-chaired by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, as well as the regular annual meetings of the Stabilization and Association Council in Brussels on June 23, and the Stabilization and Association Committee in Skopje on May 30-31.

"The Government and the administration are fully committed to the achievement of determined goals and activities, not only in the five key areas within the Accession Dialogue, but also other areas encompassed with the Copenhagen Membership Criteria, in line with the National Programme for Adoption of the EU Acquis", stressed Poposki.

He referred to the current and planned activities in the fields of judiciary and home affairs, encompassed within chapters 23 and 24 of the EU law. Moreover, Poposki tackled measures regarding public administration reforms, media freedom and professional standards, electoral process reforms, as well as economic criteria related to functional market economy, reads the press release.