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The Macedonians did not go to bed on December 31, 1943, like Bulgarians, to wake up on January 1, 1944, like Macedonians. They have been Macedonians and have felt Macedonian for centuries, this is our direct response, Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev said at a press conference. Today he was asked to comment on the latest statements by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Krassimir Karakachanov.
Krassimir Donchev Karakachanov is Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Securitythat before 1944 Macedonians were Bulgarians, reported the MIA agency, cited by BTA.
Zaev said he would not send a protest note because it was “a public statement that has received a public response.”
“We are Macedonians, we were Macedonians and we will be Macedonians. I appeal to a friendly Bulgaria, especially public figures and my friend Krassimir Karakachanov
Krassimir Donchev Karakachanov is Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security, to know that these statements, no matter how attractive they may seem in Bulgaria, hurt them here ”.
The Prime Minister stressed that the right to self-determination is a sovereign right and Bulgaria was the first to recognize the sovereignty of the Republic of North Macedonia. He said that as Europeans, Bulgarians must respect the right of their neighbors to identify themselves as Macedonians who speak Macedonian and have their own roots.
“It is true that we have a common history, but we also have a different one from theirs,” Zaev added.
The prime minister added that the two countries must show common sense and accept the common history as something that makes their friendship even closer and their cooperation even better, rather than something that divides them.
He said that Skopje is facing a difficult period because no one imagined that Bulgaria could veto its European integration.
“It is painful and tragic … It is our duty to open perspectives for citizens, for our children, and if we are smart enough, we will use history as something to come together and let historians deal with history,” he said. Prime Minister Zaev.
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