site.btaForeign Ministry Strongly Disappointed with MEP Kovatchev's Border Incident, Warns North Macedonia to Stop Provocations

A group travelling to a Bulgarian military cemetery near Novo Selo in the Republic of North Macedonia on May 6 was barred from entering due to "non-implementation of the conditions for entry in the Republic of North Macedonia as provided for by the Law on Foreigners" because the Interior Ministry in Skopje knows some of the persons in the group pose a risk to public security. MEP Andrey Kovatchev is not one of those persons but the competent authorities made this decision on account of the group accompanying him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia said.

North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Toni Angelovski Saturday said in a statement that Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev and Bulgarian Memory Foundation head Milen Vrabevski were denied entry in the country due to “non-implementation of the