Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and his Greek counterpart George Papandreou will meet on Friday in Prespa, on the territory of Greece, at the sidelines of a regional meeting on climate changes.

Talks are expected to focus on the outcome of the EU council meeting, scheduled on Dec. 7 in Brussels, and the chance to avoid Greece’s blockade of a date for start of membership talks with EU. The meeting will take place upon an initiative from Macedonia, government sources have confirmed.

The first trilateral meeting of Macedonian, Greek and Albanian PMs will be held in the frameworks of the regional meeting on climate changes, scheduled on Friday in Prespa.