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Sunday, January 27, 2019
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Israel lauds Greek lawmakers’ ratification of Macedonia name change
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Foreign Ministry releases a statement congratulating Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek President Alexis Tsipras after lawmakers in Athens ratified a landmark name change deal with neighboring Macedonia.
The agreement “will advance peace and stability in the Balkans,” the Foreign Ministry says.
Early this month, Macedonia’s parliament backed a constitutional revision to change the country’s name to the Republic of North Macedonia. But for the deal to go through, the change had to also be approved by Greek MPs.
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