The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Konstantin Dimitrov, presented his credentials to the Director General of the Organization, Ambassador Fernando Arias. The official ceremony took place on February 2, 2022 at the OPCW headquarters in The Hague.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska met in Sofia the Federal Minister for the European Union and the Constitution of the Republic of Austria Caroline Edstadler. During the dicsussions, topics related to the European perspective of the Western Balkans, tensions over Ukraine and our country's foreign policy priority for joining the Schengen area were discussed.
Regarding the recent public statements of the Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Historical and Educational Affairs of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated:
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska took part in a videoconference conversation between the Foreign Ministers of the Bucharest 9 (B9) Format and their French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Current challenges to stability and security in the Western Balkans and prospects for cooperation between Bulgaria and the United Kingdom on key issues on the regional agenda were the focus of today's meeting between Deputy Minister Irena Dimitrova and Sir Stuart Peach, UK Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Western Balkans.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova received the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria Vitaly Moskalenko. The two parties discussed tensions over Ukraine, as well as joint EU-NATO efforts to de-escalate through diplomatic means.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova received copies of the letters of credence of the newly appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the Republic of Bulgaria Ms. Baia Bensmail.
Today, January 31, 2022, with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and our Embassy in Sarajevo, Bulgaria donated to Bosnia and Herzegovina 258,570 vaccines against COVID-19.
On January 28, 2022, the Exclusive and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Costa Rica Milena Ivanova presented her credentials to the President of the country Carlos Alvarado Quesada at a virtual ceremony.