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Balkan Insight (18 Jan 2022)

Sinisa Jakov Marusic

North Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met North Macedonia’s premier Dimitar Kovacevski to set the scene for intensified attempts to resolve the dispute about their different views on history which has stalled North Macedonia’s progress towards the EU.

Bulgarian and North Macedonian Prime Ministers Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovacevski told a press conference after their meeting in Skopje on Tuesday that as a sign of initial goodwill, Bulgaria will no longer make an issue of the use of the name North Macedonia in international organisations, dropping its previous claims that the name implicates territorial claims against Bulgaria.

In return, Skopje has already sent a verbal note to the United Nations, saying that the short version of the full name Republic of North Macedonia in no way or form implies Skopje has territorial claims on Sofia’s territory.

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