PMs Zaev and Tsipras to meet in Sofia on May 17

Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will met in Sofia on May 17, UN mediator on Skopje-Athens name talks said Saturdayafter the new round  of negotiations in Sounio near Athens with the foreign ministers of both countries.

‘I can characterize today’s meeting as rather serious and frequently tense. We have worked hard and done a good job to prepare the meeting between the two prime ministers in Sofia on 17 May,’ Nimetz said.

Nimetz gave the statement after a six-hour meeting with the FMs of both countries attempting to hammer out a solution to the name issue, MIA reports from Athens.