THE UNSHARED ROAD OF CONFLICT OR ONE WAR LESS IN THE BALKANS (HISTORICAL READING OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE PRINCIPALITY OF BULGARIA OF 1904)

Resumo

In 1903 the Ottoman Empire and the Principality of Bulgaria were facing the danger of the outburst of a military conflict between them. It arose from the escalation of tension concerning the Macedonian Question. Thanks to the diplomatic activities of the two countries, the tension was overcome and the military conflict was prevented. The major merit for such outcome belonged to the diplomatic agent in Tsarigrad Grigor Nachovich from the Bulgarian side and from the Ottoman side - Zeki Pasha, an adjutant to the Ottoman sultan and head of the artillery and Said Pasha, chairman of the State Council. The Bulgarian – Turkish agreement was signed on 26 March 1904 and it included commitments for both countries in line with the positions of European diplomacy. The agreement met the approval of the great powers, which strove not to destroy the status-quo at that moment.