North Macedonia Promised to Not Allow Incidents during the Celebration of Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria with Measures against Provocateurs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia will take all necessary measures to ensure that the celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Gotse Delchev passes without incident. This was assured by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Oliver Spasovski after a meeting with his Bulgarian colleague Ivan Demerdzhiev.

The acting Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, the Deputy Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Chairman of the National Security Agency are in Skopje for talks with the Macedonian authorities. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure security and peace during the celebration of Gotse Delchev's anniversary on February 4.

"Our ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of all citizens and persons who are in the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia and who come from outside. For the celebration of Gotse Delchev, we want to make a clear recommendation that no incident will be allowed. The Macedonian police take all the necessary measures and we absolutely will not allow an incident to happen, so we will ensure a celebration befitting our great Gotse Delchev," said Spasovski.

Acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev confirmed the good cooperation between the two countries and in turn assured that he will take all measures so that the people who will come from Sofia do not cause provocations.

"We have reached an agreement that we are obliged to secure the event, so as not to allow some people to light a fire where there is none," Demerdzhiev pointed out.

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