Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on Tuesday that the country will withdraw from the committee of historians with Macedonia unless enough progress is made on the issue of Goce Delcev’s historic legacy. Zaharieva rejected the proposal to honor Goce Delcev on the day of his interment in Skopje in 1946.

For generations the children in Macedonia were taught lies and fake nationalism. That is unacceptable for our side. Unless we agree on a date to jointly honor Goce Delcev, we will withdraw from the committee on historic issues. They have to tell the truth, said Zaharieva, before adding that “Most Bulgarians don’t even know that date. It represents the height of national treason. We can’t celebrate it! It was a date when, under pressure from Stalin, Georgi Dimitrov sent the mortal remains of Goce Delcev to Skopje. To celebrate it is absurd”.