Tag: Bujar Osmani
Macedonia 19.07.22 | 12:51

Osmani accepted that the Macedonian language derived from Bulgarian?

While today in Brussels our state delegation is taking photos at the photo session dedicated only to the initial step for the official start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations, it still remains unclear why the Minister of Foreign Affairs does not publish the Macedonian unilateral declaration...

Macedonia 18.07.22 | 10:23

History commission functions autonomously and has no political influences, says Osmani

In the second point of the Protocol that was signed Sunday by Macedonia and Bulgaria, there is the topic of the History Commission between the two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, indicated at a press briefing that the words “encourage” or “stimulate”...

Macedonia 17.07.22 | 20:39

Osmani: Conference to be held and screening to begin on Tuesday

On Tuesday, not only will the negotiations begin and there will be a conference, the screening will also begin on the same day in the afternoon, Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said at the press conference after returning from Sofia, where he and his Bulgarian colleague Teodora Genchovska signed...

Macedonia 16.07.22 | 12:54

Osmani urges MPs to accept the French proposal

We have gone through an intensive period of broad consultation on the French Presidency proposal, probably the broadest consultation on any subject ever. It was not easy, nor simple, it also created emotional reactions and I accept that at times they created nervousness among us, who are instructed not...

Macedonia 14.07.22 | 12:40

Osmani meets EC president von der Leyen

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met Thursday with European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Skopje. Expressing gratitude for this visit, Osmani underlined that the European Commission has always been a proven partner of the country’s European integration path, strictly...

Macedonia 12.07.22 | 19:40

Osmani: Bulgaria will vote for a framework in which the Macedonian language will be clear

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, emphasized today that citizens have the right to protest and criticize, but the entire anti-narrative is based on wrong interpretation of the European proposal. Regarding the Macedonian language, I asked the critics if they would change anything about the...

Macedonia 08.07.22 | 08:56

Osmani: They announced inter-ethnic tensions, they spin my statement about harmony

They announced the tensions from the beginning. First they said that a minister from this ethnic community cannot decide on such issues. All the time, they tried to insert the issue into the section of inter-ethnic issues, so that it was spin of my statement in which I spoke about harmony as a whole....

Macedonia 08.07.22 | 08:37

Osmani: The protocol does not interfere with any identity issues

The head of Macedonian diplomacy, Bujar Osmani, said Thursday that there is no shame about the Protocol with Bulgaria. It is the record of a session, which has not been held yet. Protocols are records of meetings that are held once a year and provide for measures to implement the Agreement. I want to...

Macedonia 03.07.22 | 07:33

Mickoski: I have no intention of even saying hello, let alone talking to a man who threatens inter-ethnic tensions

Hristijan Mickoski does not even plan to say hello the current Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani in his life, let alone sit at the same table with him. This sharp reaction of the VMRO-DPMNE leader comes after Osmani’s statement today that if we do not accept the French proposal, there will...

Macedonia 03.07.22 | 07:16

Osmani: If we say “no”, inter-ethnic tensions will start and we will have food and energy crisis

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, said that if we say “no” to the inclusion of Bulgarians in the Constitution, inter-ethnic tensions will begin and we will have the biggest food and energy crisis. What is the argument from the Croatian, Montenegrin community to ask why they are...

Macedonia 26.06.22 | 19:14

Osmani: Attempt is made to create ethnic gap on strategic issues, weaken position of the state

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani responded to accusations by Vice President of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikolovski, who told Sitel TV on Saturday it seemed to him that Osmani’s policy was more in the interest of Albania than Macedonia. According to Osmani, such statements not only cross the...

Macedonia 26.06.22 | 17:54

The truth hurts but it must be told, Nikoloski tells Bujar Osmani

The truth hurts. Bujar Osmani is especially hurt, as well as Zoran Zaev and Dimitar Kovacevski. Yesterday I said that Bujar Osmani is working for Albania to start negotiations with the EU, and for Macedonia whatever happens. It hurts. But it is true, comments the vice president of VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar...

Macedonia 26.06.22 | 08:46

Osmani: Macron said “North Macedonians” without intending to offend

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, said on the “10 Minutes” show that he was convinced that the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, called our people “North Macedonians” without the intention to offend. I am convinced that, because we talked, the French president...

Macedonia 25.06.22 | 20:54

Osmani: French proposal not rejected, only the disputed part about Macedonia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani pointed out on the “10 Minutes” show on TV21 that the French proposal was not rejected, but only the part that is disputable for Macedonia. The French proposal did not put the disputed element, the disputed issue in the document as a final solution....

Macedonia 25.06.22 | 09:16

Osmani acknowledged that a new French proposal was underway

Foreign Affairs Minister, Bujar Osmani, says that according to the current proposal, the Macedonian language is one of the 25 languages of the EU and as such becomes part of the negotiating framework. In Friday’s interview with “360 Degrees” on TV Alsat, Osmani said that it is one...

Macedonia 24.06.22 | 22:02

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry reveals that Osmani is lying, demands adoption of protocol he agreed on

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry once again exposed the lies of the Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. After first claiming that he had not seen the French proposal, and today he said first to see the Bulgarian conditions and then comment, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry was faster. It demands the...

Macedonia 20.06.22 | 20:58

Osmani: If we go beyond the Declaration, we will ask for support in Parliament

For me, the most important thing is to first determine whether there is political will before we approach the specific issues, solutions and documents. So far we do not see political will in Sofia. As soon as we see a signal that there is political will, then we will enter into those talks in terms of...

Macedonia 09.06.22 | 21:44

There will be elections in May 2024 together with the presidential ones, said Osmani

In an interview with TV Kanal 5, Osmani stressed that there will be no elections in the coming period because, as he said, they estimated that it is not in the interest of citizens and the state. There will be elections in May 2024 together with the presidential ones and that is final, said Minister...

Macedonia 09.06.22 | 21:41

Osmani confirms that Gencovska set the condition “first inclusion of Bulgarians in the Constitution”, but he did not accept it

It is true that during the last visit of the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Gencovska last weekend in Skopje it was said that the first intergovernmental conference of Macedonia with the EU should be held only after the inclusion of the Bulgarians in the Constitution, but that was a Bulgarian...

Macedonia 07.06.22 | 08:31

Osmani on Lavrov’s plane ban: It’s not response to the Russian Federation, but to the aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine

Regarding the decision of our country, as one of the three countries that did not allow the overflight of Lavrov’s plane, Osmani stressed that it is not a response to the Russian Federation, but to the aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, ie the policies of the Russian Federation with...

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