Petkov with an optimistic announcement: The Bulgarian Parliament has made a historic decision
"Bulgarian Parliament today passed a historic decision giving the green light to the French proposal for Northern Macedonia's accession to the European Union," the resigned Bulgarian Prime Minister wrote. Kiril Petkov on Facebook.
"The integration of the Western Balkans is of strategic interest to the European Union," Petkov said in a statement following a vote in the Bulgarian National Assembly approving the French proposal for northern Macedonia.
According to the adopted decision, the Parliament gives the right to the Government in Petkov's resignation to approve the negotiating framework and the conclusions proposed by the French Presidency with the EU Council for resolving the relations between Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia, if several conditions are met.
"Effective implementation of the Good Neighbor Agreement, guarantee of the rights of Bulgarians in the Republic of Northern Macedonia through their insertion in the Constitution, nothing in the accession process of RSM should be interpreted as recognition of the Macedonian language by Bulgaria and EU guarantees that all this will be fulfilled ", are the conditions set by Sofia.
Source: MIA