Bulgarian President Rumen Radev held a consultative summit meeting in connection with the invitation North Macedonia to start EU accession negotiations in October.
At the summit it was decided that a national position on the matter should be developed with clear-cut requirements and criteria that will uphold Bulgaria’s national interest.
According to the participants these requirements should be enshrined in the negotiating framework and become a sine qua non for North Macedonia’s accession to the EU.
The Bulgarian President stressed that it is particularly important to set down red lines that will guarantee the European integration of North Macedonia will not be a bargaining chip at the expense of Bulgaria’s history, language and identity.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov cautioned that Sofia’s support for North Macedonia’s membership of the EU has never been unconditional and that the country must not waste this chance.
Sofia wants North Macedonia to progress, in its EU pre-accession negotiations, together with Albania, Boyko Borissov said.
(SNA)
