Skopje, 25 August 2023 (MIA) — VMRO-DPMNE representatives told US Department of State's Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and Special Representative to the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar at their meeting Friday that its Members of Parliament will not support constitutional amendments "under a dictate by official Sofia," the party's Antonijo Miloshoski said in a Sitel TV interview on Friday.

"The current government wanted pressure, but on the contrary, it was a friendly meeting," Miloshoski said commenting on the talks with Escobar earlier in the day.

"We agree on some things, on some we have different opinions with Mr. Escobar, but essentially we share the same goal – for Macedonia to prosper," the VMRO-DPMNE MP said.

Miloshoski said Escobar had been told that VMRO-DPMNE MPs had clearly stated their position during the Aug. 18 parliamentary session and that their position would remain unchanged.

"There was no meeting with individual MPs, but we would not have a problem for there to be a meeting with an entire group of MPs at some point," he said.

Miloshoski also claimed VMRO-DPMNE would win the next parliamentary elections and form the next government.

"We want to cooperate with opposition parties, because a change of government implies changing the entire government, not just a part of it," he said.

"But we will also ask all political parties and MPs, in line with the Constitution, to sign a pledge and take an oath that they respect the Constitution of Macedonia and its territorial integrity," Miloshoski said. mr/