The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday sent a verbal note to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in which it strongly condemned the articles “Macedonia is Bulgaria”, which could be seen in the hands of some MPs yesterday during the session on the first item in the Bulgarian National Assembly, but also orally transmitted from the rostrum during the same session.
Such messages are contrary to European democratic values, but also contrary to the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation and do not contribute to nurturing the principles and spirit of the Treaty, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
The statement said that the country expects Bulgarian officials to condemn the explicit hate speech and territorial claims against North Macedonia, as an extremely inappropriate act towards a neighboring friendly country.