Heiko Maas

The two officials confirmed that the bilateral relations of the two countries are very good and that they are characterized by developed cooperation in all areas, the Serbian government announced.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas' business trip to New York in June has borne fruit. He had long been making the case for Germany to have a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the United Nations' most important body.

Germany will bar 18 Saudis from entering its territory and Europe's Schengen passport-free zone over their alleged links to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Nov. 19.

Germany welcomed a draft agreement between Brussels and London on Britain's exit from the European Union, reported Anadolu Agency.

"I am very pleased that the chief negotiators of the EU and Great Britain has reached a preliminary agreement in Brexit negotiations," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Twitter.

As concerns grow about worsening conditions at reception facilities on the Aegean islands, European Union leaders meeting in Salzburg, Austria, on Thursday discussed migration pressure on the bloc's external borders, but divisions remained over how to tackle the problem. 

Cracks with the ruling coalition appeared again on Thursday, with junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) taking issue with Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias over his remarks that the Macedonia name deal should be ratified by the present Parliament. 

The agreement reached between Athens and Skopje to rename the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has "opened a new page" for the two countries and is "good news" for Europe, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview with Kathimerini, published on Sunday.

Greece's name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a "historic opportunity" that "looks to the future" of security and growth in the Balkans, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said during a meeting in Athens with his visiting German counterpart, Heiko Maas, on Thursday.

The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is trying to encourage a high turnout for the September 30 referendum on the name deal with Greece, amid concerns that if it is less than 50 percent it may undermine a positive outcome.

President Klaus Iohannis will host the third Summit of the Three Seas Initiative, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, September 17-18.

According to a press statement released by the Presidential Administration, the summit in Bucharest will provide a political opportunity to validate the strategic guidelines that underlie the future development of the Three Seas Initiative.