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Minister Daniel Mitov held talks with US State Department Special Envoy for energy affairs
Minister Daniel Mitov welcomed today at the Foreign Ministry the Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the US Department of State Amos Hochstein. They discussed matters of common interest, including the Southern Gas Corridor, diversifying energy supplies and the EU strategy for energy security.
10 June 2015
Bulgaria successfully completed the Chairmanship of the XXXVIII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
The XXXVIII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the XVIII Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) was closed on June 10th. The international forum was held in Bulgaria from June 1 to June 10 under the patronage of the President Rosen Plevneliev.
10 June 2015
Minister Mitov among the keynote speakers at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum
Minister Daniel Mitov was among the keynote speakers at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum. He addressed the AJC Global Forum's World Leaders Plenary. Video address was delivered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was also among the panel speakers.
09 June 2015
Bulgaria-Serbia political consultations
Bulgaria's Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Poriazov and Serbia's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Goran Aleksić discussed at today’s meeting in the Foreign Ministry bilateral relations, Serbia's European perspective, as well as the participation of the two countries in regional initiatives.
05 June 2015
The commitment to the future of Antarctica is a commitment to combat problems common to all mankind
The commitment to the future of Antarctica is a commitment to combat problems common to all mankind because it is the Earth’s continent where climate change and global warming have the most visible negative impacts. We are proud that with its active participation Bulgaria contributes to solving these problems.
01 June 2015
Statement by the Spokesperson of the MFA
In the afternoon of May 29 the Foreign Ministry received information by Bulgaria's Embassy to Moscow regarding a list communicated by the EU delegation in Moscow of EU nationals who are banned from entering the Russian Federation. The list contains the names of 89 people, including the Bulgarian citizen Ilian Vassilev.
30 May 2015
Minister Daniel Mitov held a meeting with the newly appointed UK Ambassador
Minister Mitov said that Bulgaria and the UK are facing many common challenges and the only way to resolve them is through the implementation of agreed positions and coordinated approach.
28 May 2015
Bulgaria and the UN Population Fund to promote cooperation in order to establish good practices in the region
The demographic situation both in Bulgaria and many developed countries is complicated and, therefore, a serious approach and special programmes are needed in this sphere. Bulgaria is well aware of the challenges and the government is committed to work on these issues, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a meeting with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore.
27 May 2015
Celebration of Africa Day in Sofia
The group of African ambassadors accredited to Bulgaria marked the Africa Day on May 25 in Sofia. The event under the motto "Africa: Land of great opportunities" was held under the patronage of the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
26 May 2015
Bulgaria and Croatia share common interest in strengthening security in the region
“Bulgaria and Croatia are connected by centuries-old cultural and historical ties and this is a stable ground on which our bilateral relations are developing in the past decade as friends, partners and allies in the EU and NATO,” said Minister Daniel Mitov at a joint press conference with Vesna Pusić,
25 May 2015