Negotiations between Greece and FYROM may have slowed down, but Skopje continues to challenge Athens with provocative statements. Just days before Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias visits FYROM, his counterpart, Nikola Dimitrov called on “sharing the cultural heritage of Macedonia.”
“We are two countries of 21st century Europe who share the geographical region of Macedonia, we must find a way to share such a cultural heritage, even if the term means different things or puts different emphasis,” he said on Tuesday.
Dimitrov refrained from clarifying whether the cultural heritage includes Alexander the Great and the general history of Macedonia.
But he said that the negotiations situation is changing every day. H said that Skopje is doing everything it can to achieve a decent compromise that will be accepted by both sides.
“We are trying to find a solution that addresses the concerns of both sides regarding the distinction between the “state of Macedonia and the Macedonia region in Greece. The distinction must be dignified and to not involve identity issues on both sides,” Dimitrov he said.
“We have nothing to share with Dimitrov,” was the prompt answer by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy, neither the heritage of Macedonia nor of Alexander the Great.
