Macedonian parliament ratifies name dispute agreement

SKOPJE, MACEDONIA - JUNE 20: Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev speaks at the parliament during a session for the ratification of the deal with Greece on June 20, 2018 in Skopje, Macedonia. (00:02:07) VMRO-DPMNE lawmaker Dragan Danev speaks to the media after voting on Wednesday. The Macedonian parliament ratified on Wednesday an agreement signed with Greece over solving a name dispute between the two countries. Sixty-nine out of 120 lawmakers voted in favor of the agreement. Speaking at the parliament before the voting, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said NATO has unanimously called on Wednesday to make an invitation to Macedonia to the alliance during the its summit meeting on July 11-12 in Brussels. Greece and its northern neighbor on Sunday signed a historic accord on renaming Macedonia, which ended a long-standing dispute between the two countries. The deal proposes changing Macedonia's name to the Republic of North Macedonia and will enable Greece to lift its veto on Macedonia's EU and NATO accession. (Footage by Vedat Abdul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)