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Maria Gabriel opened the exhibition ‘HERE AND THERE: BETWEEN TWO SHORES’
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel opened the exhibition ‘HERE AND THERE: BETWEEN TWO SHORES’ at the Mission Gallery of the State Cultural Institute. The guest of honour at the event was US Ambassador to Bulgaria Kenneth Merten.
02 August 2023
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the incidents of 27 July 2023, in Skopje, in which Bulgarian citizens, supporters of PFC Levski, were injured, and one of them — especially seriously.
28 July 2023
Political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and Georgia
On 26 July 2023 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria hosted political consultations with Georgia.
27 July 2023
Maria Gabriel: Joint and coordinated efforts are needed to build Corridor VIII
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel participates in a quadrilateral ministerial meeting in Brindisi on regional cooperation and the construction of European Corridor VIII. The meeting, hosted by Italy, was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Antonio Tajani and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania Olta Jačka and of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani.
27 July 2023
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Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria on the latest provocation against the goodneighborly relations between Bulgaria and North Macedonia
With regard to the publications in the Republic of North Macedonia against the “Bitola Small Monmartre“ and calls by officials for the filling of complaints against the organizers of a project aimed at developing goodneighborly relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria makes the following statement:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its support for all initiatives that aim to bring young people from Bulgaria and North Macedonia together through cultural or educational exchange.
21 July 2023
Foreign Affairs Council meeting
Deputy Foreign Minister Tihomir Stoychev represents Bulgaria at today's ordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. EU foreign ministers discussed the ongoing Russian military aggression against Ukraine, the foreign policy dimension of economic security, relations with Turkey, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation in the Middle East and the results of the EU-LAC summit. Special guests at the Council were US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and Ukrainian Foreign
20 July 2023
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel held a conversation with the Ambassador of Ukraine Olesya Ilashchuk on the "Myrotvorets"
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel held a telephone conversation with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk on the occasion of the Internet portal „Myrotvorets“ („Peacemaker“) and the related publications to it in the information space.
20 July 2023
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova accepted copies of the letters of accreditation of the new Ambassador of Iran to Bulgaria
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova accepted copies of the letters of accreditation of the newly appointed Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria Alireza Irvash.
20 July 2023
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is strongly condemning the dissemination of an anti-semitic cartoon against Mr Solomon Passy,
18 July 2023
The Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel stated "The accession of Bulgaria to the OESD isa main foreign policy priority for whichthe government will work hard"
On the 14th of July 2023, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel has chaired a meeting of the permanent Interagency Coordination Mechanism (ICM) for the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
17 July 2023