Original sentence: Albania denies the existence of a Bulgarian minority in the Mala Prespa, Golo Brdo and Gora regions.Arben Xhaferi, the president of the Democratic Party of Albanians in Republic of Macedonia stated in an intervew for Albanian newspaper Sheculi in 2006 that in his opinion the Slav-speaking inhabitants of Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo are Bulgarians, he is known for refering to Ethnic Macedonians as Bulgarians.But, the Bulgarian Government claims that a Bulgarian minority does exist.In the 1989 Albania census a total of 782 people claimed either Romanian, Czechoslovakian or Bulgarian Nationality.In the 1989 census a total of 782 people claimed either Romanian, Bulgarian or Czechoslovakian Nationality.Other officially recognised Slavs in Albania include Macedonians, Montenegrins and the Gorani people.The CIA World Factbook also claims from a 1989 estimate that a number of Bulgarians do exist
Edited sentence: Arben Xhaferi, the president of the Democratic Party of Albanians in Republic of Macedonia stated in an intervew for Albanian newspaper Sheculi in 2006 that in his opinion the Slav-speaking inhabitants of Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo are Bulgarians.Former Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi of Albania stated: “I wouldn’t like to offend anyone who would call himself a Macedonian, but in the territory near Lake Prespa there is a school instructing in Bulgarian”.Macedonians of Albania.Nowadays official Bulgaria also claims an existence of a local ethnic Bulgarian minority in those areas.The CIA World Factbook supports these claims pointing to the 1989 census.Website of the Bulgarian associations in Albania