Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he is willing to give a declaration, memorandum or some other type of document that Macedonia has no minority or territorial claims toward Bulgaria. He said that he hopes this will be enough to placate Bulgaria,which is blocking Macedonia’s EU accession

We declare this all the time, that we will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, including in minority issues. I state publicly that we did not interfere and will not interfere, no prior government has ever tried to flex its muscles on this issue. It is an international standard. If they will, I can confirm this in a note, a memorandum, a declaration, a protocol, whatever. It can be adopted by the Government, Zaev said, confirming that this was discussed by his envoy to Bulgaria Vlado Buckovski who met Bulgarian leaders earlier this week.

It is widely assumed that Bulgaria will want more legally binding documents, that will not cover only the supposed Macedoanin territorial claims and the minority issue, but also will impose a Bulgarian view of history and ethnicity on Macedonians in Macedonia. Greece pressured Macedonia to conduct substantial amendments to the Constitution and it remains to be seen whether Bulgaria will be satisfied with anything less.