Zaharieva: You Are Either Bulgarians with Bulgarian Ancestry or Veto!

Zaharieva again threatens to veto if Macedonia does not recognize that the Macedonian identity and language have Bulgarian roots. In an interview with Reuters, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that Sofia was losing patience due to what she said was the country’s refusal to implement the Good Neighbourly Agreement. “We do not dispute their right to self-determination, nor with the right to call their language whatever they want. We are ready to reaffirm the current realities, but they must accept the historical truth,” the Bulgarian Minister said. “Our concerns stem from the endless claims of a Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. Recognition of Bulgarian ancestry will put an end to that,” Zaharieva said.