News - Poland, Warsaw, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

As part of the events in honor of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius on May 24, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in the spirit of the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation agreed countries, including those in Belgrade, Kiev, Prague and Warsaw, to celebrate together and with appropriate events this important holiday for our common history and for the culture of all Slavic peoples.

At an official ceremony on May 19, 2021 in the Presidential Palace "Belvedere" in Warsaw, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Margarita Ganeva presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.

Bulgaria and Poland will work together to increase investments in the region under the Three Seas initiative. This was agreed at a meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Beata Daszyńska, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Fund on the initiative "Three Seas".

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariyana Nikolova opened a Bulgarian tourist office in Warsaw, Poland. With the opening of the Bulgarian tourist office, the two countries will have the opportunity to intensify their mutual and fruitful cooperation and after 30 years Bulgaria will once again return to the Polish tourist market, Minister Nikolova said during the opening. The office was opened jointly with Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, State Secretary for Tourism at the Ministry of Development of Poland. Rafal Szlachta, Chairman of the Polish Tourist Organization, was also a guest at the event.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva talks with Poland's government plenipotentiary for the Three Seas Initiative, Pavel Jablonski. Bulgaria took over from Estonia the coordinating role of the Three Seas Initiative in October 2020.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs‘ meeting is to take place on 9 of November 2020 as part of the 2020 Berlin Process for the Western Balkans’ first Joint Chairmanship of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia.

On June 26 this year A ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw to honor Ambassador Emil Yalnazov with the high Polish state award - the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit. A decree of President A. Duda was read, with which the ambassador was awarded the Order for his contribution to the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Poland and Bulgaria.

On June 19 2020 а meeting of Ambassador Emil Yalnazov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland on the occasion of the end of the term of office of the Ambassador in Warsaw.

On June 9 this year Ambassador Emil Jałnazow met with Senate President Tomasz Grodzki in the Polish Senate in connection with the end of the Ambassador's term. Issues of bilateral relations and co-operation between the two countries' parliaments were discussed during the talks. Marshal Tomasz Grodzki praised the excellent state of Polish-Bulgarian relations and the established high-level political cooperation and dialogue, based on the membership of both countries in NATO and the EU. Trade and economic cooperation, tourism and human contacts have risen in recent years, retaining their potential for development after the pandemic.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petko Doуkov participated in the B-9 Ministerial Meeting (Bucharest Nine), which was held on March 10, 2020 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting focused on the implementation of decisions contributing to the collective defense of NATO's eastern flank, and included an exchange of views on Russia, China, 5G information technology and security, NATO's role in the fight against terrorism and energy security.