Finally, a member of the cabinet spoke emphatically about Bulgaria’s position towards northern Macedonia. After more than a month of speculation that on May 24 Prime Minister Kiril Petkov wants to lift the veto for the start of negotiations between our neighbors and the EU, Deputy Prime Minister Asen Vassilev said what will be the Bulgarian position
We will not lift the veto over RS Macedonia, Vassilev told BTV.
He supported the idea of Prime Minister Petkov in his request for President Radev to convene the CIS, which would be attended by all political leaders and heads of services, and to reaffirm Bulgaria’s position.
Our position remains unchanged. We insist on the observance of the agreement, the minister added.
Bulgaria is under enormous pressure to change its position, but our Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska has repeatedly assured that our country will not back down until the Bulgarian position is accepted by Skopje.
“If the bread producers decide to increase the price of bread by 20%, it will be on their conscience,” said Deputy Prime Minister Asen Vassilev.
According to him, the price of bread depends on the bread producers and the price of grain, which we know “dramatically went up the crisis with Ukraine, but what the state can do is not to increase the price of bread by 20%
We expect at least 1 million families to benefit from the measure for the lowest fuel class – gasoline and diesel without additives. Expensive cars will not take advantage of this discount. This measure is really aimed at vulnerable groups, explained the Minister of Finance.
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