Bulgarian PM: Bulgaria has Not Promised a Date for lifting the Veto for North Macedonia

Bulgaria has not promised a specific date for lifting the veto on the start of negotiations for the membership of the Republic of North Macedonia in the EU, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in Blagoevgrad.

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The Joint Commission for Clarification of Disputed Historical Issues between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia has made great progress and this will be known soon, said the Prime Minister, but did not name an agreement on Bulgarian King Samuel, whom our neighbors recognize as part of their history.

The Prime Minister gave a briefing to journalists on Macedonia Square in Blagoevgrad, where the monument to Gotse Delchev is located.

"The historical commission is the only one that can give the two governments which of the historical figures they have agreed on and which of the historical facts can now be accepted as common, so I expect the historical commissions to come out soon. As far as I know, the progress is huge."

A specific date for the lifting of the Bulgarian veto against the Republic of North Macedonia for the start of accession negotiations with the EU has not been mentioned:

"So this is not the case with calendars! We have clear things that need to be done: When will we open the archives; for hate speech, what have we done; what will we put into the European negotiating framework that the European Union, which are important for us, when will the Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia include the rights of Bulgarians".

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