According to the agreement achieved on February 10, 1999 the formulation to be used in future accords is: signed "in the official languages according to the Constitution" of the respective country. The declaration and a number of bilateral agreements were signed by the prime ministers of both countries on February 22, 1999. Bulgaria also donated to Macedonia 150 tanks and 150 pieces of artillery.
The resolution of the issue was hailed by the European Union, Germany, U.K., the U.S.A, and Greece, as a step bringing stability to the Balkan region and particularly around the troubled Kosovo province in Yugoslavia.
For more details, check the Feb 12 opinion and the Feb 10, Feb 11, and Feb 23 news reports by RFE/RL correspondents, the RFE/RL Mar 09 press review, the Feb 22 press statement by James B. Foley, Deputy Spokesman of the U.S. Department of State, the reports by Reuters on Feb 10, Feb 21, and Feb 22, by BBC (Feb 10, Feb 22, and Feb 23), Macedonian Information Center (Feb 12), Macedonian Information and Liaison Service (Feb 11 and Feb 23), and the Macedonian Information Agency (Feb 21, Feb 22, Feb 23, and Feb 24), as well as the the Bulgarian news agency BTA news reports dated Feb 10, Feb 11, Feb 12, Feb 17, Feb 18, Feb 19, Feb 22 (1), Feb 22 (2), Feb 23, Feb 24, and the press reviews dated Feb 11, Feb 12, Feb 22, Feb 23, Feb 24, and Feb 25.
