5 February 2025 | 16:04
It is difficult to talk about competitiveness while a war is raging in the heart of Europe, the head of state stressed at the opening of a forum of The Economist in Sofia
President Rumen Radev held a telephone conversation with Polish President Andrzej Duda. The two discussed the situation in Ukraine in the context of the military conflict and the security environment in the region.
Radev and Duda expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people and support for the country's European perspective. The enlargement of NATO, as well as the strengthening of the Alliance's defence and deterrence potential were also topics of the talk.
The two Presidents also touched on the process of European integration in the Western Balkans.