Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Genchovska asked Russian Ambassador Mitrofanova to withdraw the note verbale

At the request of the Russian side, a meeting was held today, July 1, 2022, before noon at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Teodora Genchovska, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Ms. Eleonora Mitrofanova, the press office of the Ministry reported.

During the meeting, Minister Genchovska presented the Bulgarian position in accordance with the instructions given in letter No 04.06-820 of 1 July 2022 by the Chief of Staff of Prime Minister Petkov.

In the framework of the meeting, in accordance with the above-mentioned instructions, the Russian side was requested to withdraw its note verbale of 30 June 2022.

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The Prime Minister, the Acting Speaker of the National Assembly and the Presidential Administration will be informed about the meeting by a special letter.