Greece says agreed to recognise Macedonia as “Republic of North Macedonia”

File photo: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (L) meets with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov during the 3rd Ministerial Meeting between Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece

Greece has agreed to recognise Macedonia under the name ‘Republic of North Macedonia or “Severna Macedonja”, a Greek government official said on Tuesday.

Athens and Skopje have reached a deal to settle a long-running dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic’s name, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said earlier on Tuesday.