The idea why a Declaration for protection of the character and work of Goce Delcev was submitted is because it marks 150 years since his birth and in conditions when we saw that the government does not take any action and we faced a situation where the Bulgarian state organized numerous events and issued honorary coin, scientific debates, concerts, and in Macedonia there was nothing, and the Prime Minister did not even appear at the grave of Goce Delcev, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in an interview with TV Kanal 5, emphasizing that by rejecting the Declaration SDSM showed that it had no honest intentions in the dispute with Bulgaria.

Nikoloski stressed that SDSM showed that they are against preserving the character and work of Goce Delcev and that the fact that other key historical figures from the Ilinden period are part of the negotiations with Bulgaria and that means undermining the foundations of the Macedonian state is worrying.

Nikoloski also said that in such a situation it is worrying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a competent institution for defense of the interests of the Macedonian state has no reaction to numerous provocations coming from Bulgaria.

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Petkov, has no problem making a phone call over a broken glass in Bitola, and our Prime Minister and our Foreign Ministry have a problem to send a protest note over the undermining the entire national identity, said Nikoloski.