On February 6 , 2019 , the permanent representatives to NATO of the member states signed a protocol on the accession of North Macedonia to NATO.Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev , alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg , in Skopje on 3 June 2019 , said that he expected the ratification process to be finalized by the end of October .
Zoran Zaev is the Prime Minister of North Macedonia .