Nikola Dimitrov

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be visiting Belgrade on Wednesday for a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic.

Talks are expected to focus on bilateral relations, regional developments, and the European Union ambitions of western Balkan countries.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will on Wednesday brief New Democracy's shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos on the progress of his recent talks in Vienna with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Nikola Dimitrov, on ongoing United-Nations mediated talks on the "Macedonia" name issue.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday was to start briefing party leaders on the progress of his talks in Vienna last week with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, on ongoing United-Nations mediated talks on the "Macedonia" name issue.

Following the progress achieved in United Nations-mediated talks last week in Vienna on the "Macedonia" name issue, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, are to take stock before further negotiations after Greek Easter.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday he is hopeful Greece and FYROM will be ready to take a "big step" in their next meeting to discuss the long-standing name dispute.

Kotzias was speaking to journalists in Vienna after a meeting with his FYROM counterpart, Nikola Dimitrov, and United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz.

Talks between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, and United Nations special mediator Matthew Nimetz got underway in Vienna on Friday in a bid to seal progress in efforts to resolve the longstanding "Macedonia" name dispute.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias are set to meet on Friday in Vienna with the UN mediator, Matthew Nimetz, to resume their ongoing efforts for a breakthrough in the dispute over Macedonia's name.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias's intention to brief party leaders next week on the progress of talks over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with his FYROM counterpart is seen by analysts as an indication that developments are on the way.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is planning to brief party leaders on developments in talks with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Monday or Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias heads to Vienna for talks on Thursday and Friday with his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) which are expected to determine the course of negotiations over a longstanding name dispute. 

Kotzias will meet Nikola Dimitrov for the second time in a week under the aegis of United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz.