President: Signing of EU-Mercosur Agreement to Have Great Benefits for Bulgaria

During the week, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev was on a five-day official visit to Latin America, meeting both his Brazilian and Argentinian counterparts, namely Dilma Rousseff and Mauricio Macri.

The relations between the EU and Mercosur were in the focus of the talks held by Plevneliev with the political leaders and business representatives of Brazil and Argentina.

The commitment of Bulgaria to accelerate the finalisation of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement was highly appreciated.

Plevneliev foresees that the signing of the agreement will bring great benefits for Bulgaria.

The bilateral documents signed during the visit are expected to deepen political ties and accelerate the commercial-economic cooperation.

During his meeting with Macri in Buenos Aires, Plevneliev noted that Bulgaria is seeking a broader horizon of its diplomatic and economic activities.

This was attested by the fact that Plevneliev was the first European head of state to make an official visit to Argentina after the inauguration of Macri at the end of last year.

Among the topics of discussion was cooperation in the areas of agriculture and food production, mining and energy, ICT and outsourcing, with Bulgarian delegations representing these sectors expected to visit Argentina.

The two countries committed themselves to work for deepening their diplomatic cooperation, with a representative of the Argentinian foreign ministry to visit Bulgaria in the coming months.

The two presidents welcomed the signing of the agreement for cooperation between the Bulgarian and Argentinian commercial chambers.

According to them, this as a real step for development of the commercial-economic relations, which is to ease the contacts between...