The investigation into the bus accident is a top priority for the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office and they are working to get results from the investigation as soon as possible, said Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani after meeting in Sofia with the Bulgarian Prosecutor General in charge of the investigation, adding that speculation this case does not assist in the investigation procedure.

In a statement to the media, Osmani stressed that the meeting with the prosecutor discussed the details of identification and it was agreed to speed up the procedure for collecting biological material from relatives of the deceased in Skopje, a procedure that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is already doing and expects to be completed. to start the process, in which our experts are actively involved. The process of identification of the dead, said the Foreign Minister, is expected to last at least seven days.

- The process of identification based on DNA materials will take seven days and it is important for families, it is important for the state in the field of planning. I want to apologize once again to the families that we could not give and we still can not give them individual information regarding the deceased, because we have to wait for the identification process. But I asked them today to return to Skopje, because it will still take at least seven days to complete that process. "Once the identification of all the bodies is completed, then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ie the state, will take over the bodies and organize transport with funeral vehicles to Skopje and then from Skopje they will be able to pick up the families," Osmani said before entering the Main Court in Sofia.

At the meeting with the investigating prosecutor, they also talked about the investigation of the bus accident, but also about the speculations that are in the public. It was emphasized that the speculations do not help the investigation, that they are harmful, inaccurate and that they did not arise in any way by the investigation itself and the prosecutors, but that the process has yet to be completed.

- At this stage I can not share everything, but it is important that the speculations that are in the public are incorrect, that we should not continue this trend of speculation in terms of reasons, because it worsens the already difficult emotional state of families , however, postpones the investigation itself, Osmani said when asked to share details of the conversation about the accident.

A conversation was held with the survivors who are in the hospital, and our prosecutors are also involved in the investigation, who were on the spot yesterday, and during the day they exchanged information and will continue to exchange.

- I got the impression that a top priority is given here in the Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria to this investigation and that they are seriously engaged to come up with results as soon as possible, because they are aware first, how important it is to complete the identification quickly, to hand over the bodies to families and secondly - to give the final analysis of the investigation itself, said Osmani.

The Bulgarian Public Prosecutor's Office has asked for understanding, because this process is complex and must be properly processed in order for the results to be objective, explained the Macedonian Foreign Minister.

According to the Foreign Minister, DNA analysis will be performed in Bulgaria, but we are working on that part of the samples are taken from each deceased and in Skopje for further investigation.

- The institutions are in close communication, in open cooperation, exchanging all data regarding this tragedy, added Osmani.

He informed that the visit is allowed to some of the injured who are hospitalized in the hospital in Sofia, but not to those who underwent surgery, which is an exception, because due to the covid-pandemic in Bulgaria there is a ban on visiting hospitals.