North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Timço Mucunski, held talks with Bulgarian Ambassador Angell Aleksandrov Angelov after Bulgarian media published the diplomatic note sent regarding the trip of Mickoski’s wife and son to the winter resort of Pamporovo at the beginning of this year.

According to Mucunski, the Macedonian side has asked not only for clarifications, but also for a full investigation into how that document ended up in the public domain. He said that at this stage they have received neither any explanation nor any apology. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mickoski has stated that he has also informed NATO about the matter.

On the other hand, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied being involved in the publication of a diplomatic note related to the Mickoski family’s trip to Pamporovo, stressing that the document is not connected to any current threat, but rather to issues from the past.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not distributed any diplomatic note or any other official correspondence related to the visit to Bulgaria by family members of an official representative of another country. The information circulating publicly in recent days concerns a verbal note dated January 6, 2026 and relates to events from the distant past. At this moment, this information cannot be taken as a basis for conclusions that there is a direct threat to the security of the citizens of Bulgaria or of any other country,” said Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, the ruling party OBRM-PDUKM continues to demand accountability and at the same time accuses SDSM of remaining silent over what it describes as a diplomatic scandal. According to MP Brane Petrushevski, the case contains sensitive data related to the security of Prime Minister Mickoski and his family.

“Instead of an apology and accountability from official Sofia, the public got silence. But even louder is the silence of the special Bulgarian envoy, Venko Filipçe. The person who for months has been relativizing Bulgarian positions and presenting himself as their loudest advocate in Macedonia today has no words or condemnation for this diplomatic scandal,” said Brane Petrushevski, an OBRM-PDUKM MP.

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Speaking to journalists at today’s meeting, Gashi said that the talks will focus on parliamentary cooperation, underlining that it has not been intensive so far. Regarding the constitutional changes, he said he will reiterate the positions that have already been made public, which, according to him, represent both the state position and his personal conviction.

“We need to talk, we need to move forward, to find a way to be together in the EU. I think the future should unite us, not the past, so I am going with a positive mindset and I want to take part in improving relations between our two countries and our two parliaments,” Gashi said.

Speaking about relations between the two assemblies, he stressed that the political situation in Bulgaria and the frequent elections there have so far made it impossible to establish proper and direct communication with the Bulgarian parliament.

“Now we are trying to establish good communication with the new composition after the parliamentary elections there,” Gashi said.

Two MPs are already present at the meeting being held in Sofia, while Gashi will join them tomorrow.

A week ago, as part of the SEECP chaired by Bulgaria, President Gordana Sijanovska Davkova and Foreign Minister Timcho Mucunski also took part in meetings in Sofia.

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“Propozimi është në tavolinë dhe prej tani kompromisin e arritur duhet ta shohim si mundësi. I kemi parë pikat problematike, e pamë se arritëm deri në pikën më të ulët në marrëdhëniet me Maqedoninë e Veriut. Tani duhet ta shohim si do të dalim nga kjo krizë?”, tha Ilhan Kyçyk, eurodeputet.

“Në qoftë se Hristijan Mickoski dhe partia e tij e udhëheqin fushatën e tyre në këtë tezë, kjo do ta bllokojë rrugën e Maqedonisë së Veriut. Unë shpresoj se kjo nuk do të ndodhë”, thaAndrej Kovaçev, eurodeputet.

Kovaçev nga radhët e partisë GERB të ish-kryeministrit Bojko Borisov, i njohur për qëndrimet e tij të ngurta në raport me “çështjen maqedonase”, pohon se Shkupi investon në SHBA, Bruksel, Berlin si dhe në qarqet universitare-akademike për mbrojtjen e pozicioneve të veta dhe për këtë arsye kërkon që Sofja urgjentisht të përgjigjet në të njëjtën mënyrë.

“Kjo duhet të bëhet urgjentisht për bashkësitë tona historike në Shqipëri, në Kosovë, në Maqedoni, në Ukrainë, në Moldavi. Këtë e bëjnë edhe Vuçiqi, edhe Orbani, edhe Qeveria në Shkup, pse Sofja të mos e bëjë?”

Kyçyk ka qëndrim tjetër, politika e jashtme bullgare të mos fokusohet vetëm në Maqedoninë e Veriut.

“Kjo gjithsesi ka të bëjë me vendet e Ballkanit Perëndimor. E shihni sa problematike janë  marrëdhëniet në mes Serbisë dhe Kosovës, sa problematike është gjendja në Bosnjë e Hercegovinë, Bullgaria si shtet i pjekur duhet ta ndjekë atë proces. Ne e njohim rajonin.”

Në Maqedoninë e Veriut vazhdon të ketë dallime të thella rreth Kornizën së miratuar negociuese me Bashkimin Evropian. Qeveria e miratoi me shpresë se Sofja nuk do të jetë pengesë për procesin, ndërsa opozitarja VMRO-DPMNE është kundër dhe pohon se nuk do të votojë për ndryshimet kushtetuese, me arsyetimin se Bullgaria, përmes BE-së do të udhëheqë politike të asimilimit dhe bullgarizimit të popullit maqedonas, identitetit dhe historisë së tij.

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