“For Bulgaria, Germany is a strategic partner in the EU and a very close partner in NATO,” Rumen Radev said and added that our country relies on German support for the modernization of the Bulgarian army and for the full integration of the Bulgarian defense industry and science within the common European projects, including those financed by the European Defense Fund.

Rumen Radev noted that the bilateral good-neighborliness agreement with the Republic of North Macedonia should be included in North Macedonia’s EU accession documents