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Victoria Savova and Tsvetelina Garelova are the new Bulgarian youth delegates to the UN
In his address, Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov congratulated all eight finalists for their high competence. “It is a great pleasure to see such young and enthusiastic people. You are the generation that must find solutions and cope with the challenges of the modern world,” Sotirov said.
05 July 2022
Announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, at the request of the Russian side, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Eleonora Mitrofanova was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She handed over a note verbale demanding, in an ultimatum tone, the withdrawal by 12.00 on July 1, 2022, of the note verbale on the declared personae non gratae officials of the Russian missions abroad. The note verbale reads that otherwise “a question will be raised with the Russian leadership without delay for closing the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria”.
01 July 2022
Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on Russia’s threat to sever diplomatic ties with Bulgaria
The European Union regrets the unjustified threat of the Russian Federation to sever diplomatic ties with Bulgaria in response to Bulgaria’s decision, fully in line with international law, to expel 70 Russian Embassy staff who were acting in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
01 July 2022
Announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, at the request of the Russian side, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Eleonora Mitrofanova was received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She handed over a note verbale demanding, in an ultimatum tone, the withdrawal by 12.00 on July 1, 2022, of the note verbale on the declared personae non gratae officials of the Russian missions abroad. The note verbale reads that otherwise “a question will be raised with the Russian leadership without delay for closing the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria”.
30 June 2022
Minister Teodora Genchovska takes part in the NATO Summit in Madrid
The summit meeting of the heads of state and government of the NATO countries is held In Madrid, the Kingdom of Spain. The Bulgarian delegation, led by President Rumen Radev, also included Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska.
29 June 2022
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova presented a note verbale to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Eleonora Mitrofanova
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova summoned the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to a meeting today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova was informed about the decision of the Bulgarian side to reduce the number of staff of the Russian representations in the Republic of Bulgaria within the limits not exceeding the number of the Bulgarian representations in the Russian Federation. The number should be maintained within the framework of up to 23 diplomatic and 25 administrative and technical employees.
28 June 2022
Deputy Minister Irena Dimitrova received the Ambassador of Georgia in Sofia Tamara Liluashvili
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova received the Georgian Ambassador in Sofia Tamara Liluashvili. The two sides discussed priority issues in NATO-Georgia relations in the context of the NATO Summit starting tomorrow in Madrid, in which the Prime Minister of Georgia will participate together with other prominent NATO partners.
27 June 2022
Bulgaria took part in the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Bulgaria took part in the first attended plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
27 June 2022
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President Joe Biden Welcomed the Newly Appointed Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov
On June 7, 2022, President Joe Biden accepted the Letter of Credence of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov. In his letter, President Biden welcomes the appointment and shares his desire to advance the common agenda and to deepen the strong and abiding friendship between the two countries.
27 June 2022
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Republic of Bulgaria has always been among those member states of the European Union that support the European aspirations of the Albanian people.
24 June 2022