Bulgarian MEP Kovatchev Tells ANA Athens-Skopje Talks Offer Opportunity to Resolve Name Row
Monday, 12 February 2018
The ongoing negotiations between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) offer "a window of opportunity" to resolve the decades-old name dispute in a way that will be acceptable to both countries, Bulgarian MEP with EPP, Andrey Kovatchev, told the Athens-Macedonian New Agency (ANA) in an interview published on Sunday.
Speaking over the phone from Strasbourg, where he participated in a European Parliament debate about the EU's strategy in the Western Balkans, Kovatchev urged both sides to ignore nationalistic voices in their countries and stressed the importance of a European perspective for the region.
ANA-MPA