Skopje, July 17, 2022 (MIA) – The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and Bulgaria, Bujar Osmani and Teodora Gencovska respectively, signed Sunday the bilateral protocol after a meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission. The protocol should be published after its signing, it was announced. In addition to Minister Osmani, the Macedonian delegation includes the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bojan Marichikj, Minister of Culture Bisera Kostadinovska Stojchevska, Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi, as well as Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski. The signing of the protocol and the holding of the meeting of the intergovernmental commission took place after the French proposal was approved by the government and after the adoption of the conclusions in the Macedonian Assembly.