greek: From left, Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, according to The Toronto Star. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigned Wednesday, following a disagreement with the defence minister over the handling of a recent deal which would change Macedonia's name in exchange for Greece dropping its objections to the country joining NATO. Yorgos Karahalis / The Associated Press Kotzias quit his post a day after a Cabinet meeting during which he reportedly had a heated argument with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos over the Macedonia deal and felt he didn't receive sufficient support from colleagues or the prime minister. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias' resignation and intends to take the helm of the Foreign Ministry himself to help with all his powers in the successful completion of the name change deal, his office said. The PM and a series of ministers made their choices in yesterday's cabinet meeting, and then I made mine, Kotzias wrote on Twitter. Speaking to reporters later, Tsipras warned he would not tolerate disagreements within his government on the deal with Macedonia, which settled a decades-long dispute and which Tsipras negotiated with his Macedonian counterpart. His resignation letter was not immediately made public.
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