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“We are extremely happy to welcome you in our country. We highly appreciate this first in the history of our bilateral relations visit of a Japanese Prime Minister to Bulgaria, particularly during this important for our country year, when Bulgaria has taken over the rotational Presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time.

Rumen Radev voiced Bulgaria’s gratitude to the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker for the Commission’s consistent support for our country’s accession to the Schengen agreement and the Eurozone

Bulgaria has given a lot to Europe and can give a lot to its European family. This is what Head of State Rumen Radev said in the speech he delivered at the official opening ceremony of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the Ivan Vazov National Theater.