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Bulgaria and Morocco have cultivated excellent bilateral relations, dating back to more than half a century ago, which are a stable basis for future cooperation in a lot of sectors. This is what Vice-president Margarita Popova said in Rabat at the meeting held with Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The language of hatred is frequently used, yet it should not be tolerated, President Rosen Plevneliev said in the Sofia Synagogue, where he traditionally greets the Jewish community on the occasion of the Festival of Lights. The Head of State lit the main candle of Hanukkah whereby he conveyed the message of peace and understanding, of tolerance and humanism.

The Head of State Rosen Plevneliev, who received Nguyen Thi Doan, Vice-president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, forecast an increase of the Bulgarian investments in Vietnam in the following years. The Bulgarian business circles have an interest in investing in the processing of oils, in pharmacy and cosmetics, the food industry, the manufacture of tobacco products, wine-production, as well as in the defense and defense technology sectors, the president said.

It is clear to everyone that South Stream is not a project only between Russia and Bulgaria but between Russia and the EU. The decision on South Stream may be taken only within the Russia-EU format. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev told journalists regarding the shelving of the gas pipeline project announced by the Russian president.

The European Commission’s plan for investments and growth worth over 300 billion euros is extremely ambitious and timely. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said in a joint statement after the meeting he held with Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-president of the European Commission and Budget and Human Resources Commissioner.