We will have open relations with the neighbors and we are always for good relations with the neighbors, but of course we also ask for reciprocity, if we are to deserve the respect of the neighbors, they will also have to deserve our respect. If the Bulgarians demand a change in the Constitution, then they should do the same, said the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, in an interview with MRT.

He underlined that they are aware of the radical structures on the political scene with some of our neighbors, referring to Bulgaria, who use and abuse nationalism, which has very negative and at times hegemonic rhetoric towards Macedonia.

He pointed out that this is not good neighborliness and good neighborly behavior, on the contrary, it is biased behavior of neighbor toward neighbor and then we invoke the right to reciprocity.

Mickoski said that when Bulgaria is already asking to include Macedonian citizens who feel like Bulgarians in the Constitution, then we have the right to ask them to do the same and change the Constitution to include Macedonians from Bulgaria, something which belongs to them and which has been ruled by the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Apart from this, Mickoski added, for the recognition of the Macedonians by Bulgaria, a resolution has been adopted by the European Parliament which says that they should have their own culture, their own customs and to present it and be part of the Bulgarian Constitution.