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Deputy Minister Emilia Kraleva attended a General Affairs Council meeting
Deputy Minister Emilia Kraleva took part in a regular meeting of the General Affairs Council which was held in Brussels today. The Council began preparations for the October European Council, which will focus on several key topics: migration, Digital Europe, defence, EU trade policy and external relations
25 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and with the foreign ministers of Algeria, Colombia, Kuwait and Vietnam
The Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva had a total of 15 bilateral and six multilateral meetings in New York on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly.
23 September 2017
Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania to help the European integration of the Western Balkans
The four Balkan Member States of the European Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania, will join forces to help the European integration of the other six countries in the region. The four EU members’ chief diplomats: Ekaterina Zaharieva, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Nikos Kotzias and Teodor Meleșcanu agreed on this at a working meeting in New York
23 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva took part in a meeting of women foreign ministers
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva attended a meeting of women foreign ministers in New York.
22 September 2017
Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with her Kazakhstani, Libyan and Tunisian colleagues
eputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with the top diplomats of Kazakhstan, Libya and Tunisia. The meetings took place in New York on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly.
22 September 2017
US: “You placed the Western Balkans on the international agenda”
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva conferred with acting Assistant US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Elisabeth I. Millard and with Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandian of Armenia and Gibran Bassil of Lebanon.
21 September 2017
Yuri Sterk accepts EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Director Michael O’Flaherty
At the meeting, the sides discussed the areas in which the Agency will cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU next year
20 September 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva discusses situation in Libya with EU counterparts
The ministers were briefed on the situation by Ghassan Salame, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
19 September 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva confers with the Saudi Foreign Minister and with the United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Minister Zaharieva presented before her Saudi counterpart the measures undertaken by Bulgaria and the European Union against radicalisation and the language of hatred
19 September 2017
American Jewish organisations: ‘The world should remember the salvation of the Bulgarian Jews
"I hope that an EU-Israel summit will be organised during the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council. Friends should discuss their common topics directly. However, no such meeting has taken place for five years now," Minister Zaharieva noted
19 September 2017