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President Rumen Radev held a meeting with Helmut Rauch, CEO of Diehl Defence, a German company specialising in defence production. The company participates in the modernisation process of the Bulgarian army within the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI). During the talks, the Head of State raised the issue of the opportunities for expanding the partnership with the German company in the field of industrial cooperation and technology transfer. German Ambassador to Bulgaria, H. E. Irene Plank, also took part in the meeting.

 

The two were unanimous that restoring peace in Europe through diplomacy is a priority for the EU and the only way to ensure the long-term security and stability of the Old Continent.

The President recalls that the institution of the Special Commercial Administrator (SCA) was introduced by an Act adopted in 2023, which also established a number of safeguards against potential abuse and arbitrariness — safeguards of the kind already adopted in other European states faced with similar circumstances, with the objective of minimising the risk of subsequent financial claims against the State

Bulgaria stands in solidarity with Lebanon's efforts to support peace, security and stabilisation of the Middle East, which are also of utmost importance to the EU, Radev says after a meeting in Sofia with his Lebanese counterpart

The head of state awardS the Presidential Badge of Honour to the then British Ambassador to Libya