After Macedonia changed the strategy in its attitude toward its southern neighbor six months ago, reducing the negative rhetoric and offering measures for closer cooperation and communication, Greece is starting to do the same, Dnevnik reports.

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who kept accusing Macedonia of counterfeiting history and irredentism, has voiced calmer tones before mediator Matthew Nimetz’s announced visit to the region this week.

“We see Nimetz’s visit as a positive development because conditions can be created for progress in the name issue resolution. It is a result of our initiative for signing a memorandum between the two countries, outlining the framework for a solution,” Minister Avramopoulos said.