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Minister Nikolay Milkov participates in the NATO Member States Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Brussels
Today, 4 April 2023, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, the NATO Member States Foreign Ministers' Meeting has started.
04 April 2023
Statement by the spokesperson of the MFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is following with increasing concern the attempts at curtailing the right of freedom of association of Bulgarians in North Macedonia.
17 March 2023
Statement by the Members of the European Council
One year ago, Putin’s Russia started its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine.
24 February 2023
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova conducted a working visit to Austria
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Velislava Petrova was on a working visit in Vienna, Austria on 16 February. The Bulgarian Deputy Minister held meetings at the Federal Chancellery with the Austrian Minister for Europe and the Constitution Karoline Edtstadler and with Barbara Kaudel-Jensen, Foreign Policy Adviser to the Federal Chancellor.
18 February 2023
Ambassador Todor Kanchevski presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader
On 14 February 2023, Ambassador Todor Kanchevski presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader. The ceremony took place at the National Palace in Santo Domingo. The Ambassadors of Qatar, South Korea, Barbados, Vietnam, South Africa and Algeria also participated in the ceremony.
17 February 2023
Deputy Minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev participates in the presentation of the declaration "Against the hatred that divides us"
On 16 February 2023 Deputy Minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev accepted the declaration "Against the hate that divides us" signed by twenty NGOs in Bulgaria, calling for a ban on the so-called "Lukovmarch". The declaration was also adopted by the Mayor of Sofia Municipality, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Deputy Ministers of Interior and Justice.
16 February 2023
Minister Milkov participates in a ministerial meeting on the application of artificial intelligence in the military sphere in The Hague
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov participated today in a high-level meeting on "Responsible application of artificial intelligence in the military sphere". The meeting took place in The Hague and was co-organised by the Governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea.
16 February 2023
Minister Nikolay Milkov received the newly appointed Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Bulgaria
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov received at the MFA the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Bulgaria Viktor Temirbayev. During their first meeting they discussed the opportunities for further development and deepening of bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.
15 February 2023
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the planned holding of the so-called “Lukovmarch" in 2023
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria strongly opposes the planned holding of the so-called "Lukovmarch".
14 February 2023
Deputy Minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev presented an update on the work of the MFA at a media briefing
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Spokesman Kostadin Kodzhabashev presented an update on the work of the MFA at a regular media briefing held today at the MFA building. The briefing was also attended by Ivan Kondov and Kalin Anastasov, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the MFA Working Group on Elections, as well as Zhelyazko Radukov, State Expert from the South-East Europe Directorate.
14 February 2023