NEWS

No matter what we do together, we will defend integration, connectivity and friendship, Rosen Plevneliev said at a meeting with the Bulgarian community and the diplomatic corps in the city of Brasilia

 

Bulgarian foreign policy is balanced and is based on three basic principles – integration, connectivity and friendship with the neighboring countries. This is what Head of State Rosen Plevneliev said at a meeting held in the Bulgarian embassy in the capital of Brazil with representatives of the Bulgarian community, the honorary consuls of Bulgaria in Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Florianopolis and the diplomatic corps in Brazil. 

 

“Although the history of the Balkans is a history of conflicts, currently the region has set an example to be followed and Bulgaria is a proud EU member-state. The EU is a project for peace that requires a high level of cooperation and integration between the different nations, which will preclude a future conflict,” President Plevneliev said. “Today Bulgaria is a country which offers solutions to the large number of crises not only in the EU, but also in the whole world,” the Head of State added. 

 

“In times of hardship, we should demonstrate a strong character and abilities,  we should show who we are and it is precisely at such moments that our values should determine the decisions we make. Bulgaria knows what country it is – we have a centuries-old history and together with Brazil we can contribute to a making the world a better place,” President Rosen Plevneliev said.

 

For Bulgaria, Brazil is the largest market in Latin America and currently we are opening up new horizons for our bilateral cooperation, the Head of State said and highlighted our country’s advantages in a lot of spheres. “No matter what we do together, we will defend integration, connectivity and friendship,” the Bulgarian President was adamant.

 

On the second day of his official visit to Brazil, the Head of State will encourage the contacts between the businesses of the two countries at a joint Bulgarian-Brazilian business forum. The Brazilian National Confederation of Industry will host the meeting. A 20-member Bulgarian business delegation will take part in the forum.    

The Head of State receives the Minister of Internal Affairs and Security of the Republic of Korea

Italian businesses make an important contribution to the growth of the Bulgarian economy and the development of its competitiveness and modernisation. This was stated by Head of State Rumen Radev during a ceremony at which he awarded the Honorary Presidential Medal to Roberto Santorelli, President of Confindustria Bulgaria.

Head of State receives Christopher Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia at the US Department of State

We hope that the RNM will stop using the Bulgarian community as an alibi to not carry out the reforms leading our country towards the EU, representatives of the Bulgarian community in our southwestern neighbour urge at a meeting with the head of state