North Macedonia’s special envoy for holding a dialogue with Bulgaria, Vlado Buchkovski, will be in Sofia Monday to meet with Bulgarian government representatives, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.
According to the MoFA, the government will use every opportunity to cooperate with Bulgarian officials on finding a mutually acceptable solution to bilateral differences.
The MoFA also highlights the need of restoring trust in the Friendship Treaty of 2017, reiterating that Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva have been exchanging opinions on a proposed Action Plan for implementing the treaty.
“Our special envoy,” the release says, “will contribute constructively to finding a solution in the coming days, and we expect the same from the Bulgarian side.”
According to reports in Bulgarian media, Buchkovski will be in Sofia over several days.
He previously traveled to Bulgaria in early December, when he met with FM Zakharieva, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, and Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov.
Over the weekend, the MoFA reported that Minister Osmani had communicated with Minister Zakharieva last week to align the countries’ future activities.
Talking to Radio Free Europe on Sunday, Osmani said the solutions to outstanding bilateral issues would be found by implementing the Friendship Treaty and by finding mechanisms to implement its provisions faster.
