site.btaGERB Leader Borissov Confers with North Macedonia's PM, Cables Condolences to Relatives of Kocani Fire Victims

GERB leader Boyko Borissov said on Facebook on Sunday that he had held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, and expressed his "sincere condolences to the relatives of the victims of the nightclub fire in Kocani".

"We stay together in the darkest moments and that is why I offered my colleague the help and assistance that Bulgaria can provide," Borissov said. "We pray for the speedy recovery of the injured," he added.

A total of 59 people died and 155 were injured in a fire that broke out in a night club in Kocani overnight, North Macedonia's Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told a press conference broadcast by the Media Information Agency.