Speaker of the Macedonian parliament Talat Xhaferi will start a two-day visit to Slovenia tomorrow. Xhaferi will be received by his counterpart Dejan Židan, President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Marjan Šarec, and Foreign Minister Miro Cerar. He is also scheduled to meet a joint delegation of the parliamentary foreign policy, EU affairs and defense committees, and the group of Slovenian-Macedonian friendship. His visit will culminate on Tuesday with his address to the Slovenian National Assembly. Then MPs will namely ratify the protocol on North Macedonia's accession to NATO. The vote on Tuesday will make Slovenia the second country after Greece to endorse Macedonia's accession to NATO under its new name, North Macedonia. The decades-long name dispute with Greece has obstructed Macedonia’s EU and NATO aspirations, but many countries including Slovenia have started advocating the position that member states should endorse the start of EU membership talks with Macedonia.