Zaev answers to Bulgarian officials: I'm Macedonian, I speak Macedonian

“I am Macedonian, speak Macedonian, that's my right. This is European value. I expect European values to be accepted by all. Just as I have stretched out my hand and agreed to share common history, I will continue to speak in a spirit of friendship and continue to build good neighborhoods, no matter what their statements base them on. I believe Mr. Karakacanov, Foreign Minister Zaharieva and Prime Minister Borisov, but first of all the Bulgarian people are a friendly people of our people”, has declared Prime Minister Zaev, adding that the right to determine the agreement with Greece on resolving the name dispute with which Macedonia will have a new name, Northern Macedonia, reports REL.

The reactions of Bulgarian officials had followed a Zaev prime minister's statement that the Prespa Agreement confirms the existence of the Macedonian language and that no one would ever again have the right to contest it”.

Mr. Zaev, do not misuse the subject with Macedonian. This could cost you membership in NATO and the EU... Northern Macedonia is geographical appointment that includes territories of the Republic of Bulgaria. Zaevi could want a similar Bulgarian dialect to be taught as official foreign language to us tomorrow. This is unacceptable. This is provocation”, Krasimir Karakacanov, Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defence Minister, had declared.

Macedonia and Bulgaria have reached the good neighbourly agreement on 1 August, and with both countries, they claim to resolve the historic disputes that primarily concern the Macedonian language, culture and history of the second world war. The agreement was also signed in Macedonian, which Bulgarian officials now deny.