Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who arrives in Skopje on Tuesday for meetings with Macedonia's new government, said he did not carry an annex to the Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Co-operation Agreement, but came with a constructive tone and readiness for a new, more dynamic start. , more practical, free from previous declarative commitments and focused on specific important issues that affect the daily lives of citizens of both countries. He said this in an interview with the Macedonian News Agency MIA.
Petkov, who will become the first foreign statesman to visit Macedonia since the election of the new government, said in an interview whether he would bring an annex to the agreement - something that has been speculated about in the past.
"No no. I come with a constructive tone and a willingness to start working together. I don't have a document ready or anything like that, because all these documents don't make sense if we don't give them real motivation to do the job. I suggest that we leave the documents as a second step and start with something first, so that there is something to write about in the next document. Otherwise, the danger is to write a document and then what of it. The task here is to make a program, to make working groups, to start a dialogue, to have a sense of mutual trust and good intentions on both sides and to set goals that we want to achieve as soon as possible, Petkov told MIA .
The Bulgarian Prime Minister, who described as very constructive the telephone conversation he had with the nominee for Prime Minister Dimitar Kovechevski, and expressed confidence that the two as people from the economic and business spheres have equal energy to move things forward, expressed hope that During the visit they will agree on the establishment of five working groups - on economy, culture, infrastructure, European integration and history.
"We have to constantly communicate, to make progress. My hopes are that in the coming months I will try to reach an agreement during our visit, when I come we will make these five working groups - on economy, culture, infrastructure, European integration and history. I do not just want politicians to come and talk when I talk about the economy, I want to see all our companies that want and have an interest in the Republic of Macedonia, all companies in your country that have an interest in Bulgaria. This meeting does not need politicians, this meeting needs people who want to work, to do business together, added Petkov, who noted that he personally, as Prime Minister, could not understand how there is still no direct flight between Skopje and Sofia.
"In fact, we can for the time it takes to get the job done. I want to say that. So now, if I say a certain deadline, six months, we start with the same declarativeness. We need to see what the problems are, how we will solve them. The deadline depends only on the readiness of each of the parties to join hands and finish the work together, "Petkov said.
"I believe that a friendly, constructive approach should be able to solve both easy and difficult topics. But because the most important thing is to have trust and I hope that we will build this trust with the things we do together, said Petkov, who added that with a constructive dialogue all these issues can be resolved.
"We must clean up all those who win at the expense of our peoples. Because there is a small group of people who make money through corruption at the expense of everyone else. "I think they are part of the destructive elements that are related and that raise the question of whether good neighborliness between the two countries is good or not," Petkov said.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister also mentioned his country's expectations to join the eurozone, the pressure on Bulgaria to resolve the dispute, the situation in the Balkans.
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