E.Zaharieva: Bulgaria Wants Constructive Cooperation with Russia

This was stated by our Foreign Minister during her visit to Moscow, reported NOVA TV.

Bulgaria is interested in an equal and mutually beneficial dialogue with Russia. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview with TASS. 

"There has been no visit of a Bulgarian foreign minister to Moscow for 8 years. This will also be my first visit to Russia since I am Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017. I am glad that this visit is happening at a time when our two countries are celebrating 140 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, and I thank Mr. Sergey Lavrov for the invitation'', she said.

The Bulgarian foreign minister hopes that her visit will go into an atmosphere of bilateral dialogue "based on constructive cooperation and mutual respect for interests".

"We are interested in conducting an equal and mutually beneficial political dialogue, guided by our national interests and the common EU and NATO policies," Zaharieva emphasized.

The Deputy Prime Minister also commented on the tensions arising in the bilateral relations over the statement of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry regarding the historic exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Eastern Europe from Nazism, which was opened on September 9 at the Russian Cultural and Information Center in Sofia. She also commented on the allegations against the chairman of the National Movement for Russophilia Nikolay Malinov.

"I would like to emphasize that our reaction to the exhibition of the Russian Embassy in Sofia on September 9 has nothing to do with the operation of our services. Already 20 years ago, the Supreme Legislature of Bulgaria - the National Assembly -...