Strumica, 25 September 2025 (MIA) – Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said Thursday they will present to the Parliament a Macedonian resolution aimed at protecting the Macedonian national interests after the completion of the local elections.

PM Mickoski was quizzed by reporters in Strumica about the resolution presented today by opposition SDSM, and referred to incorrect facts and lies incorporated in the document.

“As a responsible statehood party, VMRO-DPMNE will draft a real resolution. We will use this one as the foundation, forming a ‘Macedonian resolution’ through the Parliament’s committees after the end of the local elections. This resolution will protect the Macedonian national interests, something that is, unfortunately, non-existent for SDSM, and a path that the incumbent SDSM leader has taken, similar to his two predecessors,” said Mickoski.

The PM said he read the document but did not have time to go into the details, since the document would be discussed after the elections, but noted several aspects incorporated in the resolution’s preamble.

“For example, it is trying to deny a historical fact by saying that the Macedonian language was an official language in the UN in 2019. This is a monstrous lie, especially in the year when we are celebrating the 80 years of codification of the Macedonian language. The Macedonian public should reject and condemn this part of the resolution,” said Mickoski.

According to him, another false claim was that North Macedonia received a date for the start of EU accession negotiations back in 2005, because the Republic of Macedonia or, as it was internationally called at the time ‘former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’, was the country that got the date.

“Similarly, Republic of Macedonia, not North Macedonia, received the first positive report for the start of the accession negotiations in 2009. The construct itself is false, which is typical for SDSM. We will go back to the details after the elections. The resolution is also confusing in the part where it refers to the Copenhagen Criteria, while afterwards citing the treaties we signed with Greece and Bulgaria. These things are not complementary, so there is a lot to add as input,” noted Mickoski.

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