On August 29, the EU Foreign Ministers held their first meeting of the new political season. Bulgaria was represented by Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov. The agenda included the situation in Ukraine, developments in the Middle East and the situation in Venezuela after the presidential elections.
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of Dmytro Kuleba, Turkiye’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag also attended the meeting as special guests.
During the meeting, Minister Kondov emphasized the need to strengthen and expand European defense forces and increase support for Ukraine for the rapid restoration of the country's energy infrastructure. Regarding the Gaza crisis, Minister Kondov stated that "Bulgaria supports UN Security Council Resolution 2735 and President Biden's peace plan" and added that restraint and de-escalation are needed to prevent the conflict from expanding. He also noted that Bulgaria participates in providing humanitarian aid.
Within the framework of the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers, Minister Kondov discussed with his Romanian counterpart Luminița-Teodora Odobescu the construction of a multimodal transport corridor between Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania.
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