“For us, Syria is a close and friendly country, which is going through difficult times, for which the Bashar Assad regime is mainly responsible. This has been Bulgaria’s firm position since the start of the conflict,” Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov said at a meeting with Walid al-Bunni and Alhares al-Nabhan, leaders of the coalition, who are in Sofia at the invitation of the Association for Free Syria.
11 February 2013