By Reuters Staff
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria’s incoming interim government on Wednesday ruled out any change in the country’s veto on the launch of European Union accession talks with North Macedonia.
Last November Bulgaria blocked the official start of the accession talks with its smaller Balkan neighbour due to disputes over history and language. Sofia has also accused Skopje of hate speech and failure to implement a 2017 bilateral friendship treaty.
“Bulgaria’s framework position (on the issue) was accepted by consensus among all political parties in the Bulgarian parliament. As an interim government, we have no authorisation to change that,” the new foreign minister, Svetlan Stoev, told reporters.