Macedonian FM to visit Bulgaria for improving relations

New Macedonian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Poposki is expected in Sofia September 1 on a visit that it is hoped will warm up tense relation between the two neighbors.

The first international visits of Minister Poposki will be in the Balkan countries of Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro.

The string of visits might boost Maceodnian relations with fellow Slavic countries in the region, particularly Bulgaria.

Poposki and Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Mladenov have as background work in the EU and can feel comfortable on that shared ground.