Minister Daniel Mitov met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov
01 December 2014 News
Bulgaria and Russia have a lot of issues to discuss within the context of bilateral relations and European and global developments, said Minister Daniel Mitov at today’s meeting at the MFA with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexey Meshkov. He is on a visit to Bulgaria for the marking of the 100th anniversary since the inauguration of the Russian church St. Nicholas the Miracle-Maker in Sofia.
The different interpretations of facts lead to the creation of mythology and mythologies lead to conducting propaganda. The most dangerous thing is for someone to start believing in his own propaganda. In the 21st century such issues must be resolved through talks on the basis of international rules and mechanisms that we have all accepted, Minister Mitov told his Russian guest.
Minister Mitov voiced Bulgaria's concerns over the developments of the crisis in Ukraine, underscoring the importance of observing the Minks agreements. The Bulgarian Foreign Minister said that a key condition to normalizing the situation is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory. The humanitarian situation should be improved through the concerted efforts of all. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should implement its border monitoring mission and monitoring the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Daniel Mitov said.
For his part, Alexey Meshkov said that Russia is doing its best to find a peaceful solution to the situation in Ukraine. It is very important to keep the Minsk format of negotiations on all contentious issues, he said.
Minister Mitov said that the Russian Federation should demonstrate its utmost dedication to resolve the Ukraine crisis as it would give another perspective to the EU-Russia dialogue. This issue has become a Gordian knot that needs to be slashed in order to have trust between the transatlantic community and Russia, he pointed out.
On the agenda of talks were also the security of gas supplies to Europe, including Bulgaria. Minister Daniel Mitov underscored the importance of the issue to Bulgaria. I hope that if the agreement, achieved under the auspices of the European Commission, is observed, there will be no supply problems, including of technical nature, he said.
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