BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the NATO summit (all times local): 5:30 p.m. NATO leaders have formally invited Macedonia to start membership talks with the alliance, while cautioning that it can't be completed until the name issue is resolved. The invitation, formalized in a communique at the NATO summit, paves the way for the addition of the alliance's 30th member — and a plan that has run afoul of a wary Russia. Macedonia and Greece last month signed a deal in which Macedonia will change its name to Northern Macedonia. In exchange, Athens has unblocked efforts by its northern neighbor to join both NATO and the European Union.
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