The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry fears that the Serbian language will bring Macedonians closer to Belgrade
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, following Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov, attacked the North Macedonian authorities for their intention to return the Serbian language to the school curriculum.
According to Zaharieva, Macedonianism is an idea that originated in Russia and Serbia.
According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Zaharieva said that the return of the Serbian language to Macedonian schools is part of a plan to “bring the language as close as possible to Serbian and move as far away from Bulgarian as possible.”
“This refutes the thesis that the connection with Serbia and Russia in North Macedonia was severed,” Zzarieva lamented. “On the contrary, Macedonianism is an ideology that originated in these countries.”
The head of the department was also supported by the Bulgarian historian Hristo Matanov, saying that “Macedonism is a Serbian product, built on an anti-Bulgarian basis.”
As a reminder, the day before, Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, leader of the nationalist VMRO-BND, Krasimir Karakachanov, issued a scathing pamphlet against North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and opposition VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski for congratulating Serbs living in the country on St. Sava's Day.
English version :: Read in English: The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry fears that the Serbian language will bring Macedonians closer to Belgrade.