{"id":75288,"date":"2025-01-09T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=75288"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:41:29","slug":"skopje-condemns-bulgarian-mps-statement-about-north-macedonias-merger-with-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/skopje-condemns-bulgarian-mps-statement-about-north-macedonias-merger-with-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Skopje condemns Bulgarian MP\u2019s statement about North Macedonia\u2019s merger with Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Macedonian officials have strongly condemned a statement by Bulgaria&#8217;s far-right leader, who called for North Macedonia and Bulgaria to unite into a single state based on an idea recently floated by the US president-elect, Donald Trump, for the union of the USA and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of Bulgaria&#8217;s far-right political party Rilindja (Prerodbas), Kostadin Kostadinov, said on Thursday that &#8220;there is nothing more logical than two states with a common history, a common origin, a common language and a common people, as Bulgaria and Macedonia to become a single state&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was condemned as &#8220;shameful and dishonest&#8221; by the president of North Macedonia, Gordana Silanovska-Davkova.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the contrary, the intention to express it unilaterally in this way actually means disrespect, means non-recognition&#8221;, said Gordana Silanovska-Davkova.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Labor and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia strongly condemned the statement of Kostadinov, who is also a current deputy in the People&#8217;s Assembly of Bulgaria, saying that this statement &#8220;expresses clear territorial claims against North Macedonia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Macedonian officials have strongly condemned a statement by Bulgaria&#8217;s far-right leader, who called for North Macedonia and Bulgaria to unite into a single state based on an idea recently floated by the US president-elect, Donald Trump, for the union of the USA and Canada. 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