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Within his official visit to Georgia, President Rosen Plevneliev met the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church in Tbilisi. 

 

“The friendly relations between the peoples of Bulgaria and Georgia date back centuries ago – we are among the oldest orthodox nations and only together can we guarantee our right to alone determine our future,” the President said at the meeting.

 

Rosen Plevneliev and His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II highlighted the traditionally good relations between the Bulgarian and Georgian orthodox churches. The second biggest Bulgarian monastery – that of Bachkovo, is a symbol of the historic spiritual and cultural ties between the two peoples, the Head of State said. The Monastery was founded in 1083 by the Georgian Grigorii Bakuriani as a Georgian monastery. The cloister maintains active relations up to the late Middle Ages. 

Vice President Iliana Iotova spoke with the mayor of Grasse, Jerome Vieux. At his invitation and at the invitation of the cultural association Centre for the Arts, the Vice President is in the French town for the solemn celebration of the 145th anniversary of Bulgarian-French diplomatic relations with a concert by Bulgarian opera singers.

Head of State Rumen Radev today held a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda ahead of the upcoming summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Warsaw.

Timor-Leste has the potential to be a valuable partner for Bulgaria within the Southeast Asian region, and a stable basis for the development of bilateral relations are shared democratic values, human rights and a rules-based international order. This was stated by the Head of State Rumen Radev at a meeting with the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos -Horta, who is on a working visit to our country

This was the position that Head of State expressed at a meeting with European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos