North Macedonia: Two-Year Suspension of the Historical Commission with Bulgaria

The chairman of the Macedonian part of the joint commission on historical and educational issues with Bulgaria, Prof. Dragi Georgiev, openly stated that he did not mind a freeze on the work of the commission.

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According to him, this would lead to "relaxation of the political atmosphere between the two countries. If at this point the historic commission is creating a problem on the path taken by the two governments in order to relax the political atmosphere, I would agree to freeze the work of the commission for a year or two, because again we have the feeling that this commission is creating problems. If there is a real desire to make some progress between Macedonia and Bulgaria at all levels, this decision would not be so scary, because we have been in historical conflict with Bulgaria for 70 years. Freezing the work of this commission for 1-2 years will mean nothing and at the same time may allow things to move forward on other things," Georgiev told Thelma TV.

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He also stressed that there are Macedonians in Bulgaria.

"There are Macedonians in Bulgaria and no one can deny this fact. I personally have friends who are Macedonians and they live in Bulgaria," Georgiev said.

BGNES reminds that only a week ago during the joint meeting of the two governments - RNM and Bulgaria, at the Boyana residence, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced that there will be three meetings of the commission in the coming months.

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