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Prime Ministers Boyko Borissov and Zoran Zaev to mark together in Blagoevgrad anniversary of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev will jointly mark the 115th anniversary of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, the government's press service announced.

On August 2, the two Prime Ministers will participate in the ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the Gotse Delchev monument in Macedonia Square in the Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad. This will be the second joint marking of the anniversary since signing of the Friendship, Cooperation and Neighborhood Agreement between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia a year ago.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krassimir Karakachanov, as well as Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and Minister of Internal Affairs Oliver Spasovski will also take part in the ceremony.


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