Makedhonia neGirisi vasaina chibvumirano chekuchinja zita reyaimbova nyika yeYugoslavia kuenda kuRepublic yeNorth Macedonia. Vashumiri vaviri vekunze, vekuMasedhonia Nikola Dimitrov uye wechiGreek Nikos Kotzias, vakasaina gwaro rekunzwisisa mumhemberero kudivi reGreek reLake Prespa, pamberi paMutungamiri Zoran Zaev naAlexis Tsipras, murevereri weUN Matthew Nimetz, Mumiriri weEU Federica Mogherini uye European Commissioner wekuwedzera Johannes Hahn.
Chibvumirano chakaitwa naTsipras neMutungamiriri weMacedonia, Zoran Zaev, chine chinangwa chekumisa gakava rakatangira muna 1991 apo Makedhonia yakasununguka nekuzvidzivirira kubva kuYugoslavia. Atene yagara ichifunga sarudzo yezita rekuti Makedhonia senge rudzi rwechinzvimbo mudunhu rayo rekuchamhembe kwezita rimwe chete, ichipomerawo vavakidzani kuda kukodzera ndangariro dzaAlexander Mukuru weMasedhonia. Nechikonzero ichi, zviremera zveGreek kusvika parizvino zvakapokana kupinda kwenyika muNATO uye EU. Kupokana uko Atene, pahwaro hwechibvumirano chakasvitswa, yaedza kubvisa.
Nekudaro, kuGreece paramende yakanga yavhotera danho rekusavimba rakaunzwa kuna Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras nekuda kwechibvumirano chakaitwa nehurumende yeSkopje, pazita renyika yeBalkan. VaKyriakos Mitsotakis vanochengetedza vakadenha Tsipras nekumhan'ara. , mutungamiri weNew Democracy, bato guru rinopikisa mudare reparamende reGreek, iro rinoti chibvumirano ichi chinokanganisa zvido zvemunyika yeGreek nekutendera nyika yakavakidzana kuti ishandise zita rekuti Makedhonia Tsipras aive neakamanikana 154 emavhoti mazana matatu muParamende, asi hurumende yake yakaramba danho rekusavimba nechivimbo mushure memubatanidzwa wemubatanidzwa wake, VaPavlos Kamenos, mutungamiri webato rerudyi "Greek Independents", akatsigira hurumende muhofisi.