Апасиев рече дека е варварски и расистички да се употребува зборот “балканизација” во контекст на Африка, според Макрон.

During his visit to Congo, French President Emmanuel Macron stated, “No plundering, no Balkanization, no war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” The statement would not have been controversial if it weren’t for the use of the term “Balkanization,” which is at least offensive to Balkan residents. The visit to Congo is part of Macron’s tour of West Africa, in which he intends to promote France’s allegedly new approach to its former colonies. During his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macron condemned the M23 group, which is leading a rebellion against the state in the east and is believed to have the support of neighboring Rwanda. “No plundering, no Balkanization, no war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. France has never reconciled with the fatality of history, nor with the horror of war,” Macron wrote on Twitter. The use of the term “Balkanization” has a completely negative context, sounds racist, and is an insult to every person living in the Balkans, according to Professor Dimitar Apasiev. He was outraged by such terminology and wrote on his Facebook page, “Macron (who first tried to persuade us to vote for Prespa, in order to later veto us for the EU), during his visit to Congo in Africa, used the word ‘Balkanization’ to say that even an African country is on the right path, unlike the Western Balkans. P.S. These racists, who see us as savages and barbarians, are treated like demi-gods by Maricic’s squad and his Soros-based eu-fundamentalists.”