Vice President Iliana Yotova's visit continues with a meeting with representatives of the Bulgarian community

Iliana Malinova Yotova is a Bulgarian politician, 5th Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, in Kosovo.

The issue of the status of citizens in Kosovo with Bulgarian self-awareness, Vice President Iliana Yotova

Iliana Malinova Yotova is a Bulgarian politician, the 5th Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, she also discussed during her talks with President Vyosa Osmani.

"Our goal is for them to be defined as a community, to receive their status, representation in their National Council of Communities," she said, BNR recalls.

In May 2018, representatives of the organization "United Bulgarians in Kosovo" submitted a request to the parliament in Pristina for the recognition of a Bulgarian national minority.

And at the beginning of this year, they made their request again, after the visit of President Vyosa Osmani to Sofia, which according to Vice President Iliana Yotova

Iliana Malinova Yotova is a Bulgarian politician, the 5th Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, helped to start the concrete work and to mark the steps regarding the status of the Bulgarian community.

"We promised each other that this process will go in close coordination between the two countries, so that everything is done legally and they, as well as the other communities in the Republic of Kosovo - it is a multinational country, have their rights"

The Bulgarian community in Kosovo numbers about 15,000 people, living in the municipalities of Dragash, Prizren, Orahovac and Shtrbce.

Iliana Yotova