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Vazrazhdane party organizes protest in front of foreign ministry building

Monument to Khan Kubrat in Ukraine
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Activists from Vazrazhdane party staged a protest in front of the foreign ministry building over the vandalization of the monument to Khan Kubrat in Malaya Pereshchepina, Ukraine on 5 April this year.

The Foreign Ministry released a position yesterday stating that the Bulgarian embassy in Ukraine is in contact with the local authorities and is monitoring the restoration of the monument which started immediately.

“That was a protocol reaction, people in this building must better protect the rights of Bulgarians in Ukraine and elsewhere,” the protesters said.  



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