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In recent days they have returned to exchange sharp comments between Bulgaria and North Macedoniaand relations between the two parties have been put to the test, despite the announced resumption of the commission’s work.
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev made a pointed comment on Bulgaria after the meeting of Ekaterina Zaharieva and her colleague Buyar Osmani last week: “What they have proposed is neither good neighbor nor brotherhood, but at least European,” Zaev said.
Zaev: Bulgaria’s position complicates negotiations with the EU, but we are working on it
After the meeting of Zaharieva and Buyar Osmani
The declaration of Zaev is a signal for Germany to press Bulgaria will allow start of EU accession negotiationssaid the journalist and specialist in relations between Sofia and Skopje Kosta Filipov in the BTV studio. Former Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski made a similar analysis of Zaev’s words.
In Macedonia, the Bukhari meeting has been interpreted as a red lightthat really calls into question the conduct of conference in decemberWhen to start the EU-Skopje negotiation process. Germany, which holds the presidency of the EU and is the mentor of the Berlin process for the accession of North Macedonia, has taken over Skopje’s commitment to start negotiationsFilipov explained.
Borissov doesn’t want history to be a broken bridge to the EU for Macedonia
There should be no police games, warns Prime Minister
Right now again Another anti-Bulgarian campaign is underway in North Macedonia. There have always been campaigns of this type, but with different intensity and intensity depending on the internal political situation. Filipov gave as an example of the current campaign against Bulgaria a peoplesociological survey, widely reported by the Macedonian media, whose authenticity doubts. According to the survey only 1% of Macedonians I have good feelings and sympathies for Bulgaria, which is doubtful.
According to Filipov Bulgaria-North Macedonia neighborhood agreement worse than Athens-Skopje. In its treaty, Greece is very detailed and pragmatic in imposing its interests, even reaching “stickers” on historical questions, while the agreement between Sofia and Skopje is left to depend on the work of the joint commission on historical questions.
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The main attack is at the national level, especially on the Eastern Orthodox faith.
Kosta Filipov did not answer the question why Bulgaria failed to impose a better agreement, explaining that our country has simply bet on the map to have some kind of agreement.
The October 2019 European Council failed agrees the date for the start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union.
The last meeting of the Bulgarian-Macedonian Joint Commission for Historical Affairs took place a ton ago. defined as “the most sterile”, since again it failed to reach a consensus on the question of Gotse delchev. The negotiations on the common history of Bulgaria and Macedonia were they have already started to slip, and for almost a year the talks came to a complete halt with a discussion about the political situation in the neighboring country and the change of governments. Last week exactly in the meeting of Ekaterina Zaharieva and her colleague Buyar Osmani it was announced that the commission would resume its work.
Borissov doesn’t want history to be a broken bridge to the EU for Macedonia
There should be no police games, warns Prime Minister
Months before, Deputy Prime Minister and IMRO Leader Krassimir Karakachanov was the first to saythat the commission to solve the problems of the common history with Macedonia is not working, asked for a firm position from Bulgaria towards its neighbor and even hinted that IMRO may resign. According to Macedonia only uses Bulgaria to be a member of the EU and NATO.
In consultationheld at the head of state, on the issue of Macedonia it was also clear the position of Rumen Radev that support for North Macedonia must not be unconditional.
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