Minister Mladenov held a meeting with Walid al-Bunni
11 February 2013 News
“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.
“The conflict is Syria is at a stage that jeopardises not only the lives of the people but also the existence of the state itself,” Minister Mladenov said.
Walid al-Bunni, the spokesman of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, expressed his gratitude for the political support and humanitarian aid. “Countries like Bulgaria, which for a long time lived under a dictatorship, can best understand us,” he said.