Zaev and Tsipras to meet in Sofia on May 17

A meeting between Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is planned in Sofia on May 17, unless something unpredictable happens, according to Greek web-portal News247.

Diplomatic sources told News247 that despite existing difficulties, important progress has been achieved in majority of the topics within the negotiations, despite the main differences over the name use.

According to the web portal, Zaev and Tsipras have “an open telephone line”, although communication is not made public.

It adds that the meeting between the countries foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias on May 11 and the joint meeting with UN envoy Matthew Nimetz a day later are extremely important.

“It seems that Nimetz is resolute in pressing towards a solution”, reports News247.