20.06.2017
The Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Macedonia will be signed very soon, announced Prime Minister Boyko Borissov after his meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria. It is expected that the final details will be clarified by August 2, when a common marking of the religious holiday “Ilinden” is planned in Macedonia, added Zaev.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov congratulated his Macedonian counterpart for the attained stability and peace in the country after the hard political crisis. “Macedonia has the historical chance to take the necessary actions for its citizens to feel well. The path to NATO and the EU includes first and foremost internal stability,” pointed out the Bulgarian Prime Minister. He added that Bulgaria will continue to work also with Greece so the two countries can resolve the existing problems because “destabilization in Macedonia also mean destabilization on our borders.” The Bulgarian Prime Minister emphasized that the Bulgarian state was the first to recognize the Republic of Macedonia and that there is no closer people to the Bulgarian one than the Macedonian. Boyko Borissov was categorical that our country will continue to provide support to Macedonia on its path of Euro-Atlantic integration.
Prime Minister Zaev defined the meeting in Sofia as historical and underlined that Bulgaria is a friendly country, from which Macedonia expects assistance for it fully fledged membership in the EU and NATO. “I am glad that in Mr. Boyko Borissov we have such a friend,” said the Macedonian Prime Minister. “I expect this positive attitude that was demonstrated by Mr. Borissov to reach everyone. We close the chapter of hate, we open the chapter of positivism, of the common European future and this should be felt by all citizens of the Balkans,” commented in front of journalists after the meeting Zoran Zaev.
Prime Ministers Boyko Borissov and Zoran Zaev were consensual that they will continue to work for the implementation of common infrastructure projects connecting the two countries. As a token of the new relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia, as well as in commemoration of the common history, it was agreed during the talks that streets in Sofia and Skopje will be named after Presidents Zhelyu Zhelev and Boris Trajkovski. After the meeting at the Council of Ministers the two prime ministers laid flowers at the monument of Tsar Samuil together.
