Rumen Radev and Nicos Anastasiades: The EU Budget Should Reflect the Ambition for a United and Active Europe

Energy diversification in Southeastern Europe and Bulgaria's joining the joint projects of Israel, Cyprus and Greece for the future supplies of natural gas from the ?ast Mediterranean sea to Europe were discussed by President Rumen Radev and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades at a meeting held at 2 Dondukov street. The Cypriot Head of State is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian President.
In Rumen Radev's words, Bulgaria is a natural continuation of the gas-transit infrastructure from the Mediterranean to Eastern Europe.  Bulgaria supports the agreement between Israel, Cyprus and Greece for the construction of the EastMed pipeline, which is of great importance for the energy diversification of the region and of Europe.
The EU Multiannual financial framework should reflect the ambition for a united and active Europe. An efficient cohesion and agriculture policy is necessary to achieve a real economic and social cohesion of the EU member states. This was the common stance expressed by the Presidents of Bulgaria and Cyprus. In Rumen Radev's and Nicos Anastasiades' opinion, the EU is strong only when it defends underpinning values such as solidarity and unity. Therefore the next multiannual financial framework should find long-term and long-lasting solutions of the challenges the Union is facing. "The economic and social cohesion of the EU member states is an obligatory condition for preserving the unity in Europe," Rumen Radev emphasized at the meeting.
The prospects for a follow-up deepening of the economic and trade partnership between Bulgaria and Cyprus were among the topics the meeting of the two presidents focused on. The two Presidents were adamant that although Cyprus is among the big investors in the...

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