site.btaPM Petkov Condemns Attack on Bulgarian Cultural Centre in North Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov strongly condemned the arson attack on the Ivan Mihailov cultural club in Bitola, North Macedonia. 

In a statement on Facebook, Petkov said that this is an attempt to destabilize Bulgarian relations with North Macedonia.

The Bulgarian government will continue to work to protect the rights of the Bulgarian community in North Macedonia and to support its activities, Petkov said.

He thanked his North Macedonian counterpart Dimitar Kovacevski for his quick response and voiced hope that the competent authorities in North Macedonia will find and judge the authors who did the act of vandalism.