Tsipras and Zaev seal historic deal to end name dispute

Greece and Macedonia on Sunday (17 June) signed a historic preliminary agreement to rename the small Balkan nation the Republic of North Macedonia, ending a row that has poisoned relations between the two neighbours since 1991.

North Macedona's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev (4-L), in a symbolic gesture, offered his tie to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who put it in his pocket, in the presence of UN mediator Matthew Nimetz (L), EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini (2-L), EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn (3-L), North Macedonia's foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov (3-R), UN under-secretary-general for political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo (2-R) and Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias (R), after signing an agreement in the village of Psarades, Florina, Greece, 17 June 2018. [Nikos Arvanitidis/EPA/EFE]

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