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Bulgarian, Macedonian presidents discuss bilateral relations, European integration
Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov.
Photo: Georgi Kozhuharov
In talks in Ohrid on August 22 2010, Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov and his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov agreed on the importance of co-operation and Bulgaria’s support for Macedonia’s integration into the European Union and Nato on the basis of full implementation of the necessary criteria, a statement by Purvanov’s office said.
The meeting of the two president was "a continuation of active political dialogue at the highest level and confirmation of good relations between the two countries," the President’s media office said.
Purvanov and Ivanov agreed Bulgaria and Macedonia share a similar vision for a future in which all countries of the region will be integrated into European and Euro-Atlantic structures.
This was the most important prerequisite for lasting stability, democratic and economic prosperity for the region, the statement said.
The two noted the need for intensifying bilateral co-operation on the basis of a generally accepted text of a bilateral agreement to develop and enrich the principles and guidelines for relations between the two countries on the basis of pan-European values.
Earlier, Bulgaria proposed a text to Macedonia for an agreement on good neighbourly relations. At the time of Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov’s tour of the Western Balkans in May 2010, reports said that there were hopes that a text would be agreed on in time for an envisaged visit by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to Skopje in September.
The statement by Purvanov’s office said that he and Ivanov had agreed that the two countries should take existing opportunities to enliven trade and economic relations, and step up efforts on co-operation projects to build and improve road, rail and energy infrastructure involving both countries.
The two heads of state also shared the view that deepening co-operation in culture, science and education was an additional incentive to improve bilateral relations.
The two presidents exchanged views and positions and other relevant regional and international issues, according to Purvanov’s statement.
The meeting of the two president was "a continuation of active political dialogue at the highest level and confirmation of good relations between the two countries," the President’s media office said.
Purvanov and Ivanov agreed Bulgaria and Macedonia share a similar vision for a future in which all countries of the region will be integrated into European and Euro-Atlantic structures.
This was the most important prerequisite for lasting stability, democratic and economic prosperity for the region, the statement said.
The two noted the need for intensifying bilateral co-operation on the basis of a generally accepted text of a bilateral agreement to develop and enrich the principles and guidelines for relations between the two countries on the basis of pan-European values.
Earlier, Bulgaria proposed a text to Macedonia for an agreement on good neighbourly relations. At the time of Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov’s tour of the Western Balkans in May 2010, reports said that there were hopes that a text would be agreed on in time for an envisaged visit by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to Skopje in September.
The statement by Purvanov’s office said that he and Ivanov had agreed that the two countries should take existing opportunities to enliven trade and economic relations, and step up efforts on co-operation projects to build and improve road, rail and energy infrastructure involving both countries.
The two heads of state also shared the view that deepening co-operation in culture, science and education was an additional incentive to improve bilateral relations.
The two presidents exchanged views and positions and other relevant regional and international issues, according to Purvanov’s statement.
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PM of Fyrom 1991 Kiro Gligorof says:we are slavs,we come on this area after 6 th,we dont have connection with ancient makedonian,or language is slavic close to bulgarian!
Mistake not 600 years....400 years!to aske the turks,who is makedonian?why?turks are historical?turks are with your side because turks thing (they enemy from my enemy is my friend)FYROM is your realy name in OHE!!!!is clear Fyrom is.......
Republic of Rediculus!
Fyromians speak for propaganda?they born from propaganda (since 1991)they live with propaganda,are you okey?or you nead doctor?is very clear Skopians are pure Bulgar who wanna be Makedonian!!!is very clear that,Greece never accept this....be sure!
This for the (FYROM Not Macedonia)the deeply offended Greek. Why don't you go ask the 74 million Turks EXACTLY who the Macedonians are. Greeks want to claim everything as their own, even the pita bread, which was originated by the Arabs. Also, if you do not want to call us Macedonians and instead FYROM (because that is what your dumbass gov't preaches and your lastest textbooks teach you) then make sure you call yourself TURKS because they owned you for 600 plus years and completely changed the way you look, what you eat, and your music sounds like. I am [...]
Read the full comment glad Mustafa Pasha beat the shit out of your guys. Also, Greeks would not let the Barbarian Alexander participate in the Olympics and Alexander the Great MACEDONIAN conquered Greece and took their soldiers as his own. Macedonian and Greek are two separate entities and we take offense to FYROM and when you claim Alexander the Great as your own.
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Pietro
Now that you showed up
Mia apo ta idia.
dober vecher
Greek propaganda as always!
Greece occupied (1913) macedonian and bulgarian land
and ethnically cleansed the natives from today northern greece.
And now te pontic kolonists from turkey claim to be macedonian!!!
Be realistic!
P.S Greeks are nothing more then Orthodox Christians from diffrent ethnic groups who were forced to speak greek.(1830-1950 period) even still today greece claims 98.5% Greek Orthodox and 1.5% Greek muslims in its country......
Yea Right.
Epami
Al YUNAN is the pure Arabic word
for Greece.
Yunanistan in Turkish is the English equivalent "state of the Greeks" there is nothing pejorative about it.
See all former Soviet democracies of the Caspian Sea Uzb, Turk ,Tazi
kirzi and yonder Afghanitan and Pakistan.
It is true that Cameron was a new MP back in 2003, but he learned fast - look where he is now !
The Guardian (or Grauniad as some of its readers call it, as it commits many spelling errors) isn't Hellenophobe at all - it just likes to be ojbektive - sorry that should be "objective" !
The point about Yunanistan is hardly relevant now, but it is accurate as a past name of much of what is now Greece (the borders changed a bit over the years, even within the [...]
Read the full comment twentieth century.)
<<ivo petkovski 25/6/2010
in the well known anti-hellenic Guardian;
<<<In 2003, David Cameron and I both paid a visit to Skopje to attend an England v Macedonia football match (separately, I'll hasten to add), and unlike me, he wrote a piece in the Guardian about it on his return. In it, he recalls being asked by unnamed Macedonians: "What will you do to help us?". His answer was ready: "From now on I will call our esteemed EU partner "the former Ottoman possession of Greece (Fopog).">>
As usual distorting facts is [...]
Read the full comment the moto of ignorance
At the time D.Cameron (7+ years ago) was learning to tie his shoes in politics over a game of soccer what a distress in diplomacy.
btw at the time it was'nt in his widezst dream that could ever become Prime Minister.
re:
"Could the people of Sofia Echo Media, please refer to them as FYROM and not Macedonia, this is very offensive to me and to the Greek people. "
Prime Minister Cameron said it best: calling Macedonia by the name FYROM is like calling Greece FOPOG, the former Ottoman possession of Greece... although, to be honest, it should be FOPOY, as the name at that time was Yunanistan...
I think Greeks have no right to be offended by some else's cultural identity. If they want [...]
Read the full comment to pretend to be "Hellenic" that's their problem, no one cares what they think they are, and no one is offended. But Greeks are offended by how other people define themselves - what arrogance!
About a century ago the people of FYROM used to refer to themself as Bulgarians, and during the 1940s when Tito of Yugoslavia change Southern Serbia into Macedonia they Re-Identified themself as Macedonians and are trying to claim its Greek history, Greek culture and territories. But the funniest thing is that FYROM still speak Bulgarian.... Could the people of Sofia Echo Media, please refer to them as FYROM and not Macedonia, this is very offensive to me and to the Greek people.
D.Gruev from Smilevo and G.Delchev
from Kilkis have little to do
with V.Levski(Kalofer) and G.Rakovski(Kotel) that is the reason of of Purvanov's diplomatic smile.
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It was also the first time Ivanov did not insist on an Bulgarian translator but communicated freely with Purvanov in Macedo/Bulgarian much to the displeasure of his staff. While Ivanov went against official Macedonian protocol nothing has emerged in the media as if it has been swept under the carpet. Many of our students were present to ask Purvanov on Bulgaria's position for rewriting our historical textbooks aligning all the Bulgarian/Macedonian revolutionaries from Levski/Ravkovski to Delchev/Gruev. His answer was short though sweet. Yes, he said our common ancestral heroes deserve joint recognition. My belief in the close relationship between the [...]
Read the full comment two peoples who are akin in many more ways than just in blood has always been that us Macedonians can only feel pride with our Bulgarian brothers.