On the sidelines of the celebration of Croatia’s accession to the EU in Zagreb on Monday, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov met his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias, which was the first meeting ever of Macedonian and Greek heads of state. The meeting took place at President Ivanov’s initiative, Utrinski vesnik reports.

“We talked openly about our two societies, our citizens and the way in which we as presidents can contribute to closer cooperation considering we need to follow the good relations and the good trends happening between the citizens of our two countries,” President Ivanov said after meeting his Greek counterpart.

Papoulias, as President Ivanov said afterward, promised him another meeting.