Prime Minister Zoran Zaev spoke on the phone with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov to discuss the growing dispute between the two countries that resulted with a Bulgarian veto for Macedonia’s EU accession talks.

In a press release from Zaev’s office, it is said that the two discussed the preparations for the Berlin process summit, which Macedonia and Bulgaria are jointly hosting in Sofia, and was meant to be a show of unity before the two sides began diverging. The press release also states that Zaev and Borisov agreed to have another call before the summit in Sofia on Tuesday and were also considering whether to hold the summit in person, or completely online. An online summit will further indicate that the relations are not developing well.