A Serbian publication joined the powerful anti-Bulgarian campaign launched by the Macedonian government Prime Minister Hristiyan Mitskoski, comments BGNES.
The Serbian official "Politics" announced that Bulgaria is blocking the European integration of Skopje in a detailed material about the unofficial visit of Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova to Sofia.
The arsenal of aggression against our country is identical in Belgrade and in Skopje.
"Siljanovska used the means of cultural diplomacy, took a step towards thawing relations with the neighbor who is hindering the European integration of North Macedonia... Apart from the fact that the pro-Western ideological views of the Macedonian president and the pro-Russian orientation of the Bulgarian president, as characterized in diplomatic circles, were disguised in a diplomatic tone, Bulgaria also used this opportunity to humiliate North Macedonia. The Macedonian national flag was not present at this meeting," the article says.
Its author writes that the former ruling parties in the Republic of Macedonia - Social Democratic Union /SDSM/ and Democratic Union for Integration /DSI/ - were "thrown out of power because of bilateral relations with Bulgaria and Greece."
"In the last elections, the people trusted the VMRO-DPMNE party, whose leader is Mickoski and whose president is Siljanovska, to preserve the identity of the people and the state, considering that the previous government did not sufficiently protect the Macedonian identity and language. Bulgaria blocked North Macedonia on the way to European integration prospects by setting the condition that the country should include the Bulgarians in the Constitution.
Brussels gave absolute support to Bulgaria, presenting a Franco-German proposal for the resolution of this bilateral dispute. Therefore, until Skopje formally changes the constitution, the EU will not allow further accession negotiations. Macedonian citizens are fed up with constant conditions and bitter political concessions that do not lead the country to the desired prospects, "Politics" claims.
"Silyanovska focused on cultural diplomacy, on “soft power”, precisely on the way to preserve the Macedonian identity and language. She was delighted by the show “Valkyrie” of the Bulgarian Opera in Skopje and then indicated that he would attend the performance of “Nabucco” by Verdi at the Macedonian Opera in Sofia, which he did on September 13...", the publication states.
"Despite the inconvenience she experienced from the lack of her country's flag, Siljanovska wisely stayed, not succumbing to the provocation and not leaving the meeting as a sign of protest, which could have further worsened relations between the two neighbors. Perhaps in that difficult moment the genius Verdi and his “Nabucco” have given her the strength to remain in the interest of her country and nation and to turn the scandal, despite everything, into an opportunity to improve the strained relations with the Bulgarian neighbor," he added.
The Bulgarian presidency, the foreign ministry and the politicians in the parliament reacted yesterday after the words of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Alexander Nikoloski about Bulgaria.
During a television interview, Nikoloski criticized the absence of the state flag of the Republic of North Macedonia during the informal meeting in our country between Presidents Rumen Radev and Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. And he says to the Bulgarians: "More miserable than them are only those servants in our country who signed that the Macedonian and Bulgarian people have a common history, which they do not have."