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Skopje – Premier Christian Mickoski is convinced that solutions will be found and that the European Union will find mechanisms for the country to receive its deserved place in the Union. In a statement to the media given today from Želino, Mickoski said that as a state we will continue to behave pro-European and that the Government has no doubts that it should build good relations with all neighbors, including Bulgaria, but that it will not allow ultimatums.
– I am a pragmatic person and politician and I have no doubt that we should build good relations with all neighbors, including Bulgaria. We have no problems expanding our Constitution with part of the Croats living among us, since Macedonians are part of the Croatian Constitution, we have no problem discussing Montenegrins, Slovenes, etc. However, we have a problem accepting ultimatums. I am not a person who accepts ultimatums and I will never allow myself to negotiate on something that I know represents a huge problem and frustration for the Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish citizens and for all those who are an integral part of the Constitution, said Mickoski.
He believes that a way will be found and the problem will be resolved, but adds that it will remain in collective memory that the former head of diplomacy negotiated on the Macedonian identity.
– We will seek a way, we will build trust and we will resolve this, whether this generation or some next one, we will resolve it, but it will remain in collective memory what damage that man did to the Macedonian identity and the Macedonian people. The problem that man created led us to a situation from champions in Europe, that we cannot even start negotiations with the European Union yet. He negotiated on the Macedonian identity and made a mistake and if he thinks that we have forgotten that, he is mistaken, said Mickoski.
In anticipation of tomorrow’s visit from the high representative for foreign and security policy Kaja Kallas, Mickoski said that he has exceptionally good relations with her and reminded that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Timčo Mucunski is the first minister from the region to sign the agreement on foreign and security policy with the Union.
As part of her regional tour, Kallas is visiting Belgrade and Pristina today, and will come to Skopje tomorrow. She will meet with Prime Minister Christian Mickoski and Minister of Foreign Affairs Timčo Mucunski, and accompanied by Minister of Defense Vlado Misajlovski, will visit the permanent Balkan medical working group.
– In the next two days, I will visit Serbia, Kosovo, and North Macedonia and will engage with the governments and civil society on their path to the EU, Kallas announced this morning before the start of her official visit to Belgrade. (May 22, 2025)