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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
Genoveva Tisheva has been re-elected member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 2023-2026
Bulgarian candidate Genoveva Tisheva has been elected for a second consecutive term as a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for the period 2023-2026. The elections, which took place on June 23, 2022, in New York, during the 22nd meeting of the parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women took place amid great competition. Twenty-three expert applications were submitted for the twelve vacancies. From the total number of 187 valid ballots Genoveva Tisheva received 107 votes in support, which is
24 June 2022
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova participated in the National Conference on the Bulgarian language "Sacred Language"
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova participated on 22 June 2022 in the National Conference on the Bulgarian Language “Sacred Language” at Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, initiated by Vice President Iliana Iotova.
23 June 2022
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Deputy Minister Georgiev participated in the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council
The EU General Affairs Council met today in Luxembourg. The agenda of the meeting included an exchange of views on the draft conclusions for this year’s European Council on 23 and 24 June. The draft conclusions cover the topics of “Wider Europe”, Ukraine, the EU membership applications of Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, the Western Balkans, economic issues and the follow-up actions to the Conference on the Future of Europe. The French presidency of the Council of the EU has proposed the creation of a European political community to respond to the urgent geopolitical needs resulti
21 June 2022