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As Albania's path towards holding the First Intergovernmental Conference also depends on the Bulgarian veto on Skopje, Sofia's stance is in a way a direct denial of the opening of negotiations.
" In order to start the process of EU membership negotiations, the requirement remains that the Republic of Northern Macedonia register the Bulgarians in its Constitution." This was the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Teodora Genchovska today before the conference today in Sofia "The EU Forum belongs to the Balkans ", with the participation of European countries.
This position of the Bulgarian diplomat shows that this country does not even withdraw from the veto set for the opening of negotiations in Northern Macedonia, a veto which also hinders Albania. Neighborhood and Enlargement Commissioner Varhelyi, who is in Sofia, for his part expressed disappointment over Albania's EU integration.