A day after Petkov's visit to Skopje, Bulgaria closes its borders to Macedonian citizens
Due to the deteriorating epidemiological situation in the Republic of Bulgaria and in Europe, according to the latest decision of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health, The regime of entry for the citizens of the Republic of Northern Macedonia has been changed, starting from January 19th. Entry is restricted for all non-essential travel in the country (exceptions include medical personnel, aid workers, students, persons with regulated residence, delegations, etc.).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Northern Macedonia is in constant communication with the competent institutions in the Republic of Bulgaria and with the colleagues in the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order, as he said, to replace the existing solution that could cause a serious delay in intensive communication of citizens from both countries.
-By the start of the implementation of the complete ban on January 19, we expect the efforts to bear fruit and the existing solution to be replaced with a new decision by which our citizens will be able to enter the Republic of Bulgaria for the so-called non-essential needs, with a certificate of vaccination or disease and a negative PCR test, not older than 72 hours, according to the MFA.
According to the MFA, in any case, the entry requirements for minors aged 12 to 18 have also changed - and they will have to attach the above entry documents. For persons who do not follow the described rules, there is a ten-day quarantine.
"We warn the citizens who plan to travel to the Republic of Bulgaria from the day after tomorrow, January 19 onwards, to carefully follow the official announcements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so as not to be returned to the border authorities in Bulgaria," he said.
The day before the start of the new regime in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is coming to visit Northern Macedonia, so the possible option for a more liberal regime for the Macedonian citizens who paid winter vacations in the Bulgarian ski resorts this winter could be discussed by the two prime ministers.
