Bulgaria's pro-Russian president won't attend the NATO summit

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev refuses to participate in the NATO summit to be held in Washington on July 9-11. The reason is his position on assistance to Ukraine.

This was announced by the press service of the Bulgarian head of state, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing the Bulgarian service of Radio Liberty.

The office of the Bulgarian president said that the invitation to participate in the summit stated that he should "submit the framework positions" adopted by the government and, on their basis, "approve and/or endorse" the documents.

"The head of state does not accept some provisions of the framework positions adopted by the government. They relate to the obligations assumed by our country with regard to the war in Ukraine," Radev said.

At the same time, they did not disclose what exactly the "conflict" points of the framework positions are.

Radio Liberty reminded that last week the Bulgarian government's press service stated that Bulgaria's acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev would attend the summit. So it was unknown who would lead the delegation.

Author - Serhii Kolomiets, 28/06/2024