site.btaPresident Radev Meets North Macedonia Counterpart Siljanovska-Davkova in Sofia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with the head of State of the Republic of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova at the Presidential Palace in Sofia, said the President's press centre on Friday. 

There is an increased police presence in the area. There are also media from the Republic of North Macedonia. No media were invited to the meeting.

Siljanovska-Davkova is visiting Bulgaria on the occasion of the Skopje National Opera and Ballet’s tour, which will be performing Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco at the Sofia Opera and Ballet.

On Thursday, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, asked about Siljanovska's visit to Sofia, said: "The policy of my government is one of good neighbourly relations, and there should be no doubt about that." He added: "Our motto is that we do not want what is not ours, but we do not give away what is ours. Building good neighbourly relations is a European value."