The new government in Skopje is ready to make the changes in the Constitution and to include the Bulgarians in it, but with a clause that this change will come into force on the day of North Macedonia's membership in the European Union.
This was stated today by Macedonian Foreign Minister Timco Mutsunski, BGNES reported.
The new diplomat No. 1 Timcho Mutsunski participated in a forum in Dubrovnik, Croatia. There he said that "many times Macedonians have witnessed double standards on the part of European institutions". "However, the vast majority in our country are pro-European because they know there is no better way," Mucunski said, quoted by HINA.
Mutsunski is also deputy chairman of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, which has been running North Macedonia for a week.
According to the minister, "it was not until 2022 that EU membership negotiations started", but suddenly there was an "ultimatum from Bulgaria", which demanded that "North Macedonia change the constitution and include the Macedonian Bulgarians".
"This demand came very quickly and completely unexpectedly and every year there is a new level - first they talk about history, then about language, then about minority rights in the Constitution... we want predictability. We want to make sure that this is the last bilateral issue that is in front of us," he added, describing this as "a rational and European compromise."
The North Macedonian minister said the new government in Skopje wanted to have good relations with Bulgaria and that the government in Skopje would be focused on European integration, the fight against corruption, the rule of law and economic progress. | BGNES
