Merkel: There are elections in Bulgaria, immediate decisions for PCM with impossible – Bulgaria
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Possible decisions cannot be made to resolve the dispute between Bulgaria and RS Macedonia, which is why Bulgaria is facing both parliamentary and presidential elections in the near future, BGNES reports.
This was stated by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel for a press conference after the EU-Western Balkans summit, which is being held in the Slovenian city of Bardo.
Merkel said that various problem areas were discussed during the meeting. “
It is clear here that the next step that an entrepreneur must take is to reach an agreement between Bulgaria and RS Macedonia so that Sofia can agree to start an intergovernmental conference, “the chancellor said, envisioning the start of accession talks. in Skopje to the EU, he said, if the issue was discussed during forums in various, smaller formats, with the participation of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and leading European politicians.
“I hope that they must be overcome. As you know, the parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria will be checked very soon, so in this context it is not possible to make preliminary decisions now,” Merkel said.
After his meetings with the Macedonian Prime Minister and high-ranking European politicians such as Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that RS Macedonia must stop the de-Bulgarianization and destruction of cultural and historical monuments, and the Revival process will be Bulgarian. happened. He urged RS Macedonia to save its letter and spirit under the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness, which was excluded between the two countries in August 2017.
For his part, the Macedonian Prime Minister announced that the actions and demands of Rumen Radev are offensive to the Macedonian people.
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