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Foreign and Interior Ministers Attend Meeting on Migration in Paris
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov attended an informal meeting of EU and Schengen Foreign and Interior Ministers in Paris that focused on current migration problems in the Mediterranean.
22 July 2019
“Work for More Economy and Protection of Bulgarians Abroad,” Ekaterina Zaharieva Tells Bulgarian Ambassadors
In a welcoming speech by which she opened the traditional ambassadors’ conference in Sofia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva called for cashing in on Bulgaria’s good political contacts abroad to achieve an economic spin-off and for continued care for Bulgarians abroad.
19 July 2019
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Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva: “The EU Is the Best Place to Live”
“The Eastern Partnership countries have achieved significant results, but more remains to be done. Partners should continue moving forward, but the European Union, too, should have a vision about the future of the Eastern Partnership: what will follow after 2020.” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva made this statement at the 16th Batumi International Conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative. Senior politicians of the EU Member States and of the EaP countries, business executives, academics and non-government
11 July 2019
Ekaterina Zaharieva Confers in Batumi with Georgia’s President and Prime Minister
Within the framework of her working visit to Batumi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and with Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze. During her visit, Zaharieva participated in an international conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
11 July 2019
Ekaterina Zaharieva at OSCE’s Ministerial Meeting: “We Must Ease People’s Life in Conflict Zones”
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva took part today in a one-day informal ministerial gathering of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
09 July 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Zaharieva in Sarajevo: “Bulgaria Will Share Its Reform Experience with Western Balkan Countries”
“Regional forums like the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and the Berlin Process are a good place to communicate and increase our mutual knowledge and understanding despite political differences. The SEECP has emerged as a pragmatic tool of cooperation promoting particular projects, economic growth and stability in the region.”
08 July 2019
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Teams from Sofia and Skopje to Tap Berlin Process Presidency Experience in London and Warsaw
Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia will send joint teams to Poland and to the United Kingdom to tap their experience in organising the joint presidency of the Berlin Process which Sofia and Skopje will assume in 2020, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said at a working meeting in Poznan, Poland, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov and with Britain’s Minister of State for Europe, Sir Alan Duncan. The three diplomats are attending a meeting of the Berlin Process countries’ foreign ministers.
05 July 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Zaharieva: “Our Common Future in the Balkans Passes through Reconciliation”
“One of the principal goals of the Berlin Process is to connect people and business. Today we all used the word ‘reconciliation’ because it will enable us to build a common future with the truth of history as a point of departure: by launching joint initiatives, physical connectivity, youth cooperation organisations like RYCO, i.e. to learn to live together and build a common future.”
04 July 2019
Joint article by H.E. Mrs. Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and H.E. Mr. George Katrougalos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
On the occasion of the transfer of the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) from the Republic of Bulgaria to the Hellenic Republic, we wish to briefly reiterate the geostrategic importance that the BSEC Organization holds as an effective vehicle in promoting and consolidating a pattern and culture of cooperation and synergy among its Member States and beyond
27 June 2019
Bulgaria and Netherlands Unanimous about Strong EU of Solidarity
SOFIA – “Bulgaria and The Netherlands rally behind the idea of a strong European Union of solidarity, pursuing a more active foreign policy,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva emphasised after conferring with the Foreign Minister of The Netherlands Stef Blok, who is paying his first visit here on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sofia and The Hague.
27 June 2019