Skopje, 27 January 2023 (MIA) – Certain political entities in Bulgaria are trying to put the local incident in Ohrid in a political context, and politicize it in order to gain political points in the short term, said President Stevo Pendarovski.  

According to the President, it is about historical narratives or understanding of the relations between our country and Bulgaria.  

“It is a historical narrative or understanding of the relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria that dates back to the 60s of the past century. It has entered the minds of many Bulgarian generations and politicians, and we also have such a narrative, to see Macedonian-Bulgarian relations through such a light and prism. We can’t run away from it because this has been dragging and will probably drag for decades to come,” President Pendarovski told Telma TV on Friday commenting on the Ohrid incident in which the secretary general of the Bulgarian club ‘Tsar Boris III”, Hristijan Pendikov, was physically assaulted.   

The second reason, according to the President, is the elections in Bulgaria rescheduled for April 2 when, he noted, each of these smaller political entities are trying to capitalize on such incidents, because they have no other political agenda.  

“This is the only food they feed on and only with such a radical agenda they can get one or two seats in the Bulgarian Parliament. By abusing and politicizing this case, they may succeed,” Pendarovski added.