Macedonia has set Sept. 30 for a referendum on the government's deal in June with neighboring Greece to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia which would largely clear the path for it to join NATO and the European Union. Mattis is the latest in a string of Western leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to visit Skopje and urge it to embrace the deal. "We're just looking at how do they shape their own future... not shaped by someone else," Mattis told a small group of reporters en route to Skopje.
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