The Bulgaria-North Macedonia Join Commission on Historical and Educational Issues is to hold an online meeting on December 3 and 4. Following Bulgaria’s veto, the negative comments about the joint expert commission have intensified. There is already pressure on the commission to end talks.
The society is disappointed and angry because of Bulgaria’s veto, the commission’s co-chairman Dragi Georgiev said, quoted by Sloboden Pechat newspaper. Professor Georgiev assesses Bulgaria’s demands as absolutely unacceptable for the people in North Macedonia. The political situation will influence the work of the joint commission, but it should continue functioning, Dragi Georgiev said further, BTA informs.
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