Zoran Zaev’s First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi said that Zaev’s resignation as Prime Minister could be postponed for several months, to try to get him to reach a new agreement with Bulgaria.

I think that the process could be completed so he can leave office by the middle of January, or maybe later, Grubi said.
Bulgaria now has a new Government, and Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that he would like to resolve the dispute in six months, provided that Macedonia agrees to extensive talks (and concessions) on a wide range of issues.