A working group of representatives of all competent institutions has been formed, which assesses what from the archives of the secret services of the former regime, UDBA and KOS, as well as their successor services, can be opened and will not harm the Macedonian national interests. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Oliver Spasovski, in the "Morning Press" when asked if and when the Government will implement the obligation from the Agreement with Bulgaria in the part of overcoming historical disagreements, as well as the European recommendation to open archives of the secret services from the former regime. as part of the fight against organized crime and corruption.

- We still have open bases in the archive. Everything in the historical archive is available to everyone. It is already being worked on. A working group was formed from representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, the Historical Archive, the National Security Agency and all others. Within the framework of legal possibilities, what can be opened will be open. It will not be done to the detriment of the state, to the detriment of the national interest - said Spasovski.

Already last year, the Macedonian government announced a new law that will enable the opening of all files from 1945 to 1991 until now, which will make them public and accessible to everyone. It is about a solution that will fulfill the obligation from the Protocol signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani and his then colleague from Bulgaria Teodora Genchovska. It specifies the "comprehensive legal framework for the full opening of the archives of the repressive apparatus of the former communist-era state security services, including the police, civilian and military intelligence and counterintelligence." It should be ready in a year.

A few years ago, the members of the Foreign Policy Committee of the European Parliament sent a call to the governments of the countries in the region, including Macedonia, with the aim of eradicating political and administrative ties with organized crime and corruption at the highest level.

- The competent services in the countries of the Western Balkans should open the archives of the former Yugoslav secret services, as well as those that continued their work - urged the members of this committee.

Emphasizing that the connections between organized crime, politics and business in these countries existed even before the breakup of Yugoslavia and that they continued afterwards, the Committee concluded that they can be shed light, first of all, by providing access to the files of the former Yugoslav secret service (UDBA) and the former secret service of the Yugoslav People's Army (KOS).

The Committee's report from several years ago states that the countries of the Western Balkans are sources, destinations and transit corridors for human trafficking, smuggling of migrants and refugees, as well as money laundering, firearms and drug trafficking. The lack of political will in the fight against organized crime is also pointed out. Emphasizing the need for regional and international cooperation in that direction, the EP also pointed to the need for the countries of the Western Balkans to share intelligence information with EU members and other international partners.

At that time, the Government only welcomed the initiative of the European Parliament, and after the extremely divided evaluations of the effects of the previous opening of the files due to the implementation of the lustration process, the experts in the country said that it will be very interesting to see how it will all unfold in Macedonia. .