FYROM accession, Greek soldiers on PM's NATO agenda

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is expected on Thursday to invite the prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, to start accession talks.

Greece and FYROM agreed in June to end a 27-year dispute by renaming the latter North Macedonia, in a deal that will take months to finalize. The deal opened the way for the Balkan nation's induction to NATO.

"Once all national procedures have been completed to finalize the name agreement, the country will join NATO as our 30th member," Stoltenberg said at a summit in Brussels.

He said it is in the hands of the people of FYROM to decide whether to support the name deal with Greece, which he described as the chance of a lifetime.

However, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, who is also the leader of junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), insisted at...

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