"In order not to be disappointed, it is better not to expect a good result, but we must continue to work," said Nikola Dimitrov, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Republic of Northern Macedonia. The EU at a meeting of the General Affairs Council of the EC in December, writes the Skopje newspaper "Nezavisen".
"It is our responsibility to appeal to the citizens that it is better to be surprised by a good result than to be disappointed by a bad outcome. Given the short period, we only have a few days before the General Affairs Council on 14 December, I think it is extremely irresponsible to create any expectations then. The form, the conduct of the Council is less important. If we manage to reach a decent European solution, because the issue has started to hurt so much everywhere that everyone, including the Slovenian Presidency, will probably have the will to schedule an extraordinary Council. We should not, after all the experience we have, commit to dates. I think that the signals from Sofia show that they expect a process in the bilateral relations, which will help step by step to end the issue. The parliament will obviously have a role in them, such are the announcements ", said Dimitrov.
According to him, it is now important to hold a meeting with the new government in Sofia, which will provide further guidelines for overcoming the bilateral dispute.
It is very important for us, especially for the people, but also for everyone else in the region, who saw hope in these decisive steps we have taken in recent years, to finally start accession negotiations with the EU, it is very important to have something . This will depend on this bilateral communication with Bulgaria, but also on the mood of the third parties who have a role. As this issue has become European, it is not just a bilateral issue, because it affects EU policies in the region. In this sense, there is a real context to reach something, we must try for a real breakthrough, "Dimitrov said.
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