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Skopje – Now is a period when absolutely nothing can happen in the negotiations with Bulgaria, the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Christian Mitskoski, said today in response to a question about the Euro-integration processes and the dialogue with neighboring Bulgaria. Mitskoski stressed that the public is sufficiently familiar with the government’s positions, as well as his personal positions and, as he says, “would not comment a step more, not a step less.”
– Now is a period when absolutely nothing can happen in this process, because as you know we have a period when new, seventh in a row, early Parliamentary elections will take place in Bulgaria in the last three years. Let’s wait for a political government to happen there, to see if there is a desire for dialogue. We are ready to talk, we want to talk, and we convey this to our interlocutors who come from Brussels. As for our proposals, they are publicly known, commented many times so far, Mitskoski said.
Prime Minister Mitskoski last night in a television interview, talking about constitutional changes, appealed to stop the bilateralization of the Euro-integration process. He confirmed that on September 19 he will travel to a meeting in Brussels and there the government proposal for which there is already public talk will be announced. Mitskoski says that they will not enter any processes and concessions naively, without having a clear plan and guarantee.
– And that clear plan and clear guarantee must be a confirmation that will be based on a clear message and clear achievements. We can no longer enter processes without having a predictable end and that is why we are a constructive partner in the process and we say let’s sit together with the government in Sofia and talk and see we have a proposal. We clearly speak about this proposal, this proposal is not new. The proposal for delayed implementation is logical, to conclude the negotiations, and then see what we will do, how we will do it, to see what happens with the judgments from Strasbourg for the Macedonian community from Bulgaria, to see what finally happens with the Macedonian identity and language, etc., because if you look at chapters 34 and 35 they are not there… We have many questions to discuss. We are ready, we want to discuss and find a solution, said Prime Minister Mitskoski. (September 11)