Name aside, Macedonia seeks Greek support to join EU, NATO

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (R) shakes hands with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov during a news conference following their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

ATHENS (Reuters) - Macedonia asked Greece on Wednesday to help its bid to join NATO and the European Union, efforts frozen by a decades-long dispute over the ex-Yugoslav republic's name.

Greece, a member of both groups, says Macedonia's use of the name could imply territorial claims on Greece's most northerly province of the same name.