Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias held telephone conversations today, Thursday, 4 May, with the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, with whom he discussed bilateral cooperation issues and the implementation of the Greek-German Action Plan. Mr. Kotzias also spoke with the new Foreign Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ekaterina Zaharieva, whom he congratulated on the assumption of her new duties. During their talks, the two Ministers considered the next steps in Greek-Bulgarian cooperation, on both the bilateral and regional levels. Mr. Kotzias also talked by telephone with the head of FYROM's Social Democratic party (SDSM), Zoran Zaev.