site.btaPresident Rumen Radev to Meet Ljupcho Georgievski, Defunct Bulgarian Cultural Club Leader

President Rumen Radev will hold a meeting with Ljupcho Georgievski later on Tuesday, the President's press secretariat said.

Ljupcho Georgievski, chair of the Bulgarian Ivan Mihaylov Cultural Club in Bitola, banned in 2023 by the authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia, received a suspended sentence from the court in Bitola.

Later in the day Georgievski will meet with the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and Control of European Funds.

On June 13, National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova expressed her support for Ljupcho Georgievski at her meeting in Sofia with Hristian Pendikov, secretary of the cultural club King Boris the Third in Ohrid.

The parliamentary group of GERB-UDF, on June 13, in a statement expressed strong indignation and deep concern over the conviction of Ljupcho Georgievski.

In its position, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry described the sentence handed down by the Basic Court in Bitola as absolutely unacceptable. Deputy Foreign Minister Elena Shekerletova commented from Vienna that the trial against Georgievski could be described as an act of crime.