Greek foreign minister: Macedonian language is pseudo-Macedonian
Name row between Greece and Macedonia is much smaller than the ideological problem Macedonia has with Bulgaria. This is what Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said speaking before the French Senate, Macedonian Dnevnik daily writes.
“There is also a serious ideological problem between Sofia and Skopje concerning the national identity. Our problem on the name issue is small compared with the big language and historical issues. No one speaks Greek in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),” the Greek minister commented further.
Minister Venizelos also said that the Macedonian language was pseudo-Macedonian.
“There is also pseudo-Macedonian language, which according to the Bulgarian government, as well as to the Bulgarian scientific circles, is Bulgarian,” the minister said.