Macedonia has been without an elected government since December, when former prime minister Nikola Gruevski's conservative party won elections but fell short of a majority in parliament to form a government.
Ivanov had earlier refused to give the mandate to Zaev, whose Social-Democrat Alliance party came second in December's elections, saying Zaev's pledge to consider enhancing the ethnic Albanian minority's standing would undermine Macedonia's sovereignty.
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