A new meeting of the Joint Multidisciplinary Expert Commission for Historical and Educational Issues between Macedonia and Bulgaria will be held today and tomorrow in Skopje. On the agenda will be the remarks made by the Bulgarian side about the medieval period for our history textbooks for seventh grade, after reviewing the Macedonian remarks about the Bulgarian textbooks for sixth grade.

The co-chair of the Macedonian team in the joint Macedonian-Bulgarian Commission, Dragi Gjorgiev, told MIA that the work of the Commission is taking place in a positive atmosphere and if it continues, according to him, the positions will be brought closer.

Regarding the issue of Goce Delcev, which is being discussed from the aspect of joint commemoration, Gjorgjiev told MIA that it will be opened at this meeting, if there is time.

The meeting comes after a meeting in Sofia of the heads of government of NATO member states from Southeast Europe, which was also attended by the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Bulgaria, Dimitar Kovacevski and Kiril Petkov.

At the joint press conference, Petkov said that there was good news regarding the work of the Historical Commission and that progress had been made over important historical figures in talks on overcoming differences.

Kovacevski said historians work independently of political dialogue and other working groups working on other issues.

He pointed out that the communication with Sofia is intensified, both from an institutional perspective and from the perspective of the citizens.