President Radev: Bulgaria is the main engine of the European integration of the Western Balkan countries

"Bulgaria is the main engine of the European integration of the Western Balkan countries. We are aware of how important this integration is for the security, stability and sustainable economic development of the region. We stand firm on the principle of own merits in this integration process so that it is sustainable and irreversible," President Rumen Radev said in the Coat of Arms Hall at the Presidency, where he awarded the founder and chairperson of the Cultural Information Centre of the Bosilegrad Bulgarian National Minority, Ivan Nikolov, with the Stara Planina Order, first degree, on June 3.

The award for Nikolov is for his outstanding services to Bulgaria, for his consistent and unwavering defence of the rights, national identity and dignity of the Bulgarians in Serbia.