Bulgaria's Radev: Romania's corruption combat model has proved efficient

President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev was welcomed by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, on Tuesday morning at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, on the plateau of ceremonies. The Bulgarian head of state was welcomed by the guard of honour. Rumen Radev is paying a visit to Romania on Wednesday and Thursday, at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart.

The visit is aimed at strengthening the Romanian-Bulgarian political dialogue on the main common interest topics on the bilateral, regional, European and international agenda.

The Romanian model in the fight against corruption has proved efficient, and Bulgaria should take over principles of it in order to drastically reduce corruption, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev said Wednesday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest.

He praised Romania for corruption sentencing and property returning. "The Romanian model is successful," he said.

Radev added that Bulgaria cannot copy the system, but it can find inspiration from it.

"We have to take over such principles so as to drastically curtail corruption in Bulgaria," added Radev, saying that he has President Iohannis's backing.

În turn, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday that Romania is ready to share with Bulgaria its expertise with the fight against corruption.At the end of official talks with visiting Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev, Iohannis said they talked about his recent visit to Washington DC, about shared interest in a strong transatlantic relationship, as well as about challenges in the Black Sea zone.

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