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An EU Foreign Affairs Council is held in Luxembourg
The ordinary monthly meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council started today with a joint session with the defence ministers of the member states. Bulgaria was represented by Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov and the country's Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Rumen Alexandrov. The foreign and defence ministers discussed military support to Ukraine, with their Ukrainian counterparts Dmytro Kuleba and Rustem Umerov joining the discussion via video link. They briefed their European counterparts on the military situation and the parameters of the expected military support. ‘Bulgaria
22 April 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring with caution the developments in the situation in connection with the news circulating in the media about missile strikes by Israel on sites in Iran.
19 April 2024
Тhe Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria Mr. Alireza Irvash was summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 16 April 2024, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Bulgaria Mr. Alireza Irvash was summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Iran’s attack on Israel on 14 April 2024.
17 April 2024
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov took part in the extraordinary informal video conference meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov took part in the extraordinary informal video conference meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council held on 16 April 2024.
17 April 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons Iranian ambassador for meeting on Iran’s attack on Israel
Iran’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria Alireza Irvash was summoned on 16 April 2024 to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Iran’s attack on Israel on 14 April 2024.
17 April 2024
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited international observers for the early elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and for the elections to the European Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria scheduled for 9 June 2024
In fulfilment of its commitments under the Electoral Code, in order to ensure the highest international standards for the conduct of fair, free and democratic elections, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued invitations for international observation of the early elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and the elections to the European Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria scheduled for 9 June 2024.
16 April 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien
Minister for Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien, who is on a working visit to Sofia to participate in the Second High-Level Conference on Security in the Black Sea within the framework of the International Crimea Platform.
15 April 2024
Minister Stefan Dimitrov met with Dr. Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office
In the framework of the Second Black Sea Security Conference — part of the International Crimean Platform — Foreign Minister Stefan Dimitrov held a meeting with Dr. Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office, who is in Sofia to participate in the forum.
15 April 2024
Minister Stefan Dimitrov: The war in Ukraine has put the Black Sea region on the line of a new division between Russia and the West and strengthened its strategic importance
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov opened today at the Central Military Club in Sofia the Second High-Level Conference on Security in the Black Sea in the framework of the International Crimea Platform.
15 April 2024
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Bulgaria and Ukraine will co-host the Second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform in Sofia
On 15 April 2024, the Central Military Club in Sofia will host the Second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform. The conference is jointly organised by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence of Ukraine, in partnership with the Centre for Defence Strategies (Ukraine).
12 April 2024