Sofia, 12 November 2021 (MIA) - The parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria on Sunday are crucial for our ambitions and also for the ambitions of the United States and the European Union in order Sofia to lift the blockade preventing North Macedonia from opening negotiations with the EU, Vlado Buchkovski, the country's special envoy for Bulgaria, has stated. Deadlines for government formation in Sofia are important to North Macedonia ahead of the EU summit in December, he told BGNES news agency. Regardless of whether the current president is re-elected and Bulgaria elects new president, Buchkovski said, Bulgaria is expected to form a cabinet by the first week of December. According to him, the United States and the EU have openly said they are waiting for the election outcome before helping in finding solution to the dispute with North Macedonia. "We know what the positions of Borissov and Radev are. 'We Continue the Change' coalition of parties have been extremely positive in the attempt in finding solution to the removal of the blockade," Buchkovski told BGNES.