TIRANA, October 17/ATA/- Bulgaria believes that postponing the start of European Union membership talks with the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania would be a real mistake and would destabilise the region, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said, according to IBNA report.
Zaharieva was speaking in an interview with Bulgarian National Television in the wake of the October 17 and 18 meeting of the European Council.
On October 15, EU foreign ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, for the third time postponed a decision on starting EU accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania.
“Bulgaria supported the start of negotiations. This has nothing to do with our negotiating framework position, which we have confirmed. It is: Yes, we will support the start of negotiations, but throughout the negotiation process, as a horizontal policy, we will monitor the implementation of good neighbourly relations, the treaty, with very clear terms on them,” she said.//a.i/
