The PM of North Macedonia: We will not change the constitution just because a few hundred citizens define themselves as Bulgarians

"I cannot accept a change to the constitution, because of the registration of several hundred Macedonian citizens who define themselves as Bulgarians".
This was stated by the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristian Mickoski, in an interview with Sitel TV.
Mickoski said that he spoke with his Bulgarian colleague Dimitar Glavchev to coordinate the work on extinguishing the fire, which entered the territory of Bulgaria from North Macedonia through Mount Ograzhden. However, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia ruled out the possibility of holding talks with the Bulgarian interim government regarding Skopje's accession to the EU.
Mickoski again reiterated his point that his government will not implement the French proposal, according to which North Macedonia should include Bulgarians in its constitution in order to start membership negotiations with the EU. He defined such a condition as "unacceptable" and added that 75% of the citizens of North Macedonia share his opinion.
"We are prepared to solve this problem, but not under these conditions. The Macedonian people do not accept it, and the people pay me to work for their interest - 75% say that this is unacceptable. We have a prepared position, we are ready to talk, and I cannot accept a change to the constitution because of the registration of several hundred Macedonian citizens who say they are part of the Bulgarian community here," said the prime minister.
He once again speculates that it is not North Macedonia that violates the human rights of the Macedonian Bulgarians, but Bulgaria suppresses the rights of the "Macedonian community" living on its territory. Mickoski claims that the decisions of the Court of Human Rights, on this issue, are 14:0 in favor of North Macedonia.
The head of government added that the constitutional changes are part of the internal affairs of North Macedonia and no one has the right to interfere in them. | BGNES