Zaev to meet Merkel on Feb. 21 in Berlin

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (Feb. 21) in Berlin. The meeting will be held within the visit of Macedonian government delegation led by PM Zaev to Germany, government press service told.

After the meeting Merkel and Zaev will hold a joint press conference.

During his visit, Zaev is also scheduled to meet President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and to deliver a speech in the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

The first bilateral meeting between PM Zoran Zaev and German Chancellor Merkel took place on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Trieste in July last year.

Merkel then voiced support for the new Macedonian government for its decisiveness for substantial reforms and for the determination to integrate the Republic of Macedonia into the EU.