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Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski attacked Bulgaria for the lack of the Macedonian flag during the meeting between Presidents Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and Rumen Radev, BGNES reported.
The meeting between the two was not official, nor was Siljanovska's visit to Bulgaria.
"In the past, when Macedonian dignity was humiliated and sold, then they were silent, turned their backs and were seduced by those who humiliated and trampled us. Now things are resolved diplomatically and protest notes are sent. We will no longer have diplomacy with a bent back - when the red line is crossed, you have to react. If you don't react, the exception will become practice," Mitkoski said in a comment on the talks on September 13 in Sofia.
For him, it is important that "Europe and the world see openly what the true intentions of the leadership in Sofia are".
"Their real intentions are not the Bulgarians (to be included) in the Constitution, that is the least problem. Here the need to show muscles is much greater. We are always ready to return good neighborly relations with kindness, but when red lines are crossed , we have to intervene as it is now. That's why we will hand over a note of protest to the ambassador of our eastern neighbor," Mickoski said.
"There was a reaction from the president's office. It was perfectly clear why we didn't react on that day (September 13) - in the interest of respect for the fallen airmen in Bulgaria. We didn't want to create tension. Before it was silent and nobody was worried and that was the European value, and now why have we reacted? That's why we will react, perhaps at every crossing of the red line. We have no intention of twisting the backbone of Macedonian society," added the VMRO-DPMNE leader.
Regarding the work of the mixed Historical Commission betweem Sofia and Skopje, which has a new composition from the Macedonian side, Mickoski said:
"These are processes that last decades, we have such examples in Europe. Every hasty decision gives rise to hasty conclusions, and they can be wrong. That's why I expect the members of the commission from both sides to talk in a good neighborly spirit." | BGNES
