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Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers Bucharest, 29-30 November 2022
The NATO Invitees associate themselves with this Statement.
29 November 2022
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the serious crime perpetrated on the 23rd of November 2022 in Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia, when a firearm was utilized against the Cultural club “Tsar Boris III”, an organization of citizens of North Macedonia with Bulgarian self-identification.
24 November 2022
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Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
21 November 2022
Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the explosion in Poland
Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the explosion in Poland
16 November 2022
Bulgaria will use Norway’s experience in helping citizens abroad
Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a working visit to Norway in connection with the implementation of the project "Completion and equipment of the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria", sponsored by the Fund for Bilateral Relations within the framework of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism ( 2014 – 2021). The project initially started back in December 2021.
14 November 2022
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria expresses its strong concern regarding the adoption on November 2nd by the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia of amendments to the Law on foundations and associations and the Law on political parties. There are serious concerns that this legislation aims to curtail the right of association of Bulgarians in North Macedonia in a discriminatory manner, one based on a unilateral misinterpretation of historical facts.
04 November 2022
Deputy Minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev participated in the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostadin Kodjabashev took part in the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the 40th anniversary of the Committee on the Convention at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The participation of the Bulgarian Deputy Minister was an expression of the priority importance of the rights of women and girls for Bulgarian foreign policy.
26 October 2022
Statement by the Members of the European Council
We firmly reject and unequivocally condemn the illegal annexation by Russia of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. By wilfully undermining the rules-based international order and blatantly violating the fundamental rights of Ukraine to independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, core principles as enshrined in the UN Charter and international law, Russia is putting global security at risk.
30 September 2022
Statement by the North Atlantic Council
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the plan to hold so-called “referenda” on joining the Russian Federation in the Ukrainian regions partly controlled by the Russian military. As the UN General Assembly reaffirmed in its resolution “Aggression against Ukraine” adopted on 2 March 2022, no territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of force shall be recognized as legal. Allies do not and will never recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea. Sham referenda in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine have no legitimacy and will
23 September 2022
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest escalation by Russia of its illegal, unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine. In spite of numerous calls by the international community on Russia to immediately stop its military aggression against Ukraine, the Russian leadership has regrettably decided otherwise.
22 September 2022