President Rumen Radev commented on the statement of his Macedonian colleague Stevo Pendarovski that there is a lack of dialogue between the two countries. Over the past 10 years, I have invited the president of North Macedonia to visit Bulgaria at least ten times, Radev reminded:
"I understand the pain of the president of the Republic of North Macedonia, that I was the person who, 2 years ago, was the first to raise before his European colleagues and the European institutions the problem of the rights of the Macedonian Bulgarians......