"What, unfortunately, in my opinion is a major and key mistake on the Bulgarian side, was Petkov's visit to the opening of the "Vancho Mihailov" club in Bitola," the Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs said tonight in a visit to "Thelma". Bojan Maricic.

"That was the turning point that took things in the wrong direction. Otherwise, I think that until then we had serious results that changed the perception of Bulgaria in North Macedonia and vice versa and brought peoples and governments together so that they could solve problems that are of vital importance," said Maricic.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the spirit of the agreement with Bulgaria is that we are building friendship and that we respect each other.

"Our politicians, especially the officials, the state, the government are certainly correct and were not the cause of provocation," Maricic said.