Skopje, 25 November 2022 (MIA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has condemned the irredentist statements containing territorial aspirations to the Republic of North Macedonia by Bulgarian MP and leader of Revival party Kostadin Kostadinov. The fact these statements are repeating, this time during an event of opening the new premises of the Cultural and Information Centre in Skopje and ahead of the business forum between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, we cannot but interpret them as attempts to undermine the governments’ efforts to enhance cooperation, but also as an organized provocation that must be condemned by all pro-European political structures and institutions in both countries, the MFA said in a press release. At the same time, it added, we want to urge the countries’ citizens to not succumb to such provocations aimed at preventing both countries in their sincere intentions to deepen relations between the states and the nations in the spirit of European values.