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Bulgarian President Won't Attend NATO Summit Due To Differences Over Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (file photo)
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (file photo)

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will not lead or participate in the country’s delegation to the NATO summit in July, his press service said on June 27. The press service said Radev's refusal is due to differences over the country's positions on the war in Ukraine. Radev “does not accept some provisions of the framework positions adopted by the Council of Ministers relating to commitments that our country undertakes regarding the war in Ukraine," Radev's press service said. The announcement came shortly after acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said that Radev should lead the Bulgarian delegation. The government's press center said earlier that both Radev and Glavchev would participate in the summit in Washington, but it was not clear who would lead the delegation. To read the original story on RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.

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