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President Klaus Iohannis starts today a visit to Bulgaria
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis will be visiting Bulgaria on Wednesday and Thursday to meet his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Chair of the Bulgarian Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva.
The Romanian Presidential Administration reports that in his conversations with the Bulgarian state officials, Iohannis will seek to identify the best ways of consolidating the partnership relations between Romania and Bulgaria, with emphasis on deepening sectorial cooperation in areas such as commercial exchanges, energy security, transport and other areas of shared interest.
Also discussed will be ways of managing complex challenges currently facing the European Union, NATO and the wider world community, including the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood and the Black Sea region.
"Preparations for the July summit meeting of NATO will also feature on the agenda of talks, with emphasis on a balanced strengthening of the eastern side of NATO, including its southern dimension, a position supported by both Romania and Bulgaria."
Iohannis and his Bulgarian counterpart will attend the opening of a Romanian-Bulgarian business forum designed to boost this important dimension of the bilateral relationship, as Romania is Bulgaria's third European trade partner, with a value of bilateral trade expected to reach 4 billion euros in 2016.
The schedule of Iohannis' visit also includes touring the site for the Giurgiu-Ruse connecting natural gas pipeline, an important project to the energy security of both countries and there geographical region, the Administration says.
At the same time, the Romanian head of state is scheduled to meet leaders of the Romanian community of Bulgaria and visit the Mihai Eminescu High School of Sofia that offers intensive Romanian language classes.
Iohannis will visit Plevna, Grivita and Pordim, three places that were important to Romania's independence and the freeing of Bulgaria.