site.btaUPDATED PM Mickoski: Bulgarian Politicians Want to Bring Topic of North Macedonia into Their Election Campaign

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has an obligation to present to the country's parliament the government's intentions regarding European integration, said opposition SDSM chair Venko Filipce said in a TV21 interview.

North Macedonia Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's plan is for Hungary, who holds the EU Council Presidency, to organize a bilateral meeting in Budapest between the Republic of North Macedonia and Bulgaria "to see if positions can be approximated" so that North Macedonia can start negotiations with the EU.

Hungary is ready to mediate between Bulgaria and North Macedonia in order to find a solution "that is acceptable to both sides", Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a press conference in Ohrid after a joint meeting of ministers from Hungary and North Macedonia. He described as a historic mistake, for which he sees no reason, the decoupling of North Macedonia and Albania on the path to EU accession. The press conference was broadcast on the internet channel of the Government in Skopje.

Bulgarian politicians Thursday reacted to the news of Albania’s EU accession path being decoupled from North Macedonia’s, by an unanimous decision of Ambassadors of European Union Member States taken on Wednesday.

According to the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski, the decision of the Permanent Representatives of Member States to the EU that Albania's path towards European integration is diverging from that of North Macedonia, sends a bad message to the citizens of North Macedonia.