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Deputy Minister Petrova held a meeting with the Ambassador of Pakistan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova received the Ambassador of Pakistan to Bulgaria Mariam Madiha Aftab. The topics of the meeting were the bilateral cooperation and interaction in international forums.
15 April 2022
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Deputy Minister Velislava Petrova received the Ambassador of Iran to Bulgaria
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova received Iran’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Seyed Mohammad Javad Rasouli. During the meeting, a wide range of topics were discussed, including the opportunities for strengthening cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.
15 April 2022
The exhibition “The Shared Art of the Balkans – Traditions and Contemporaneity” opened at the Mission Gallery
The Director of the State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs Snezhana Yoveva-Dimitrova opened the guest exhibition “Shared Art in the Balkans – Traditions and Contemporaneity”.
14 April 2022
Deputy Minister Velislava Petrova received the President of the United Nations Association of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian youth delegates to the UN
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova received the President of the United Nations Association of Bulgaria Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov, the Secretary General of the organization Rosalina Nedkova and the current Bulgarian youth delegates to the UN Maria Badeva and Angel Mitkov.
14 April 2022
Bulgaria was elected as a member of the Executive Board of UN Women and the Executive Board of UNICEF for the period 2023-2025
At the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elections held on 13 April in New York, Bulgaria was elected by a large majority as a member of the Executive Board of UN Women and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the period 2023-2025.
14 April 2022
Minister Teodora Genchovska met with her Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio
Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska met with Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome during a working visit to the country. The Russian military invasion of Ukraine and dealing with its consequences, topics of bilateral relations and cooperation within NATO, as well as the European perspective of the Western Balkans were discussed.
13 April 2022
Deputy Minister Velislava Petrova received the Ambassador of Nigeria to Bulgaria
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova received the Ambassador of Nigeria to Bulgaria, based in Bucharest, Safiya Ahmad Nuhu. The two sides discussed opportunities to deepen political dialogue, co-operation in education, agriculture, information technology, and the development of economic and investment relations.
13 April 2022
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Following the false information which has appeared in the media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explicitly states that the Bulgarian position on the European integration of the Republic of North Macedonia remains unchanged.
12 April 2022
Deputy Minister Georgiev took part in the regular meeting of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasil Georgiev took part in the April meeting of the General Affairs Council, which took place in Luxembourg.
12 April 2022
Minister Teodora Genchovska participated in the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council
Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska took part in the regular monthly meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, which took place in Luxembourg. The ministers discussed Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, the situation in the Western Balkans region, the European Commission's and the EEAS's Global Portal initiative, and the situation in Libya and Mali.
11 April 2022