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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia condemned what happened yesterday at the stadium in Skopje, during the football match between the national teams of North Macedonia and Bulgaria, which it considers an "expression of hate language", reports BTA.

"Sporting events represent to the greatest extent the principles of honesty, mutual respect and competition in the spirit of sportsmanship.

Abusing it and spreading hatred and intolerance is antithetical to their core idea.

And in the future, North Macedonia and Bulgaria will continue to work actively to improve their relations as allies in NATO, future partners in the European Union and, above all, as good neighbors", says the position published on the page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia.

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