Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right
Photo: Dmitry Azarov
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Russia, Bulgaria Doomed to Be Partners, Putin Says
The new NATO commitments of Bulgaria won’t be a barrier for extending relations with Russia, Putin said in the article released by Bulgaria’s media Thursday and dedicated to long friendship traditions and current aims of both states.
Russia respects reasons which governed Bulgaria when choosing the system of national security, Putin said, adding that the main thing today is that Bulgaria wouldn’t secure its interests for the sake of security of other states. The new allied commitments of Bulgaria shouldn’t be a barrier for extending relations with Russia and this approach is widely supported in Russia, the president said, hoping Bulgaria’s attitude to the issue will be similar.
Only by taking into account the positions of each other and abandoning stereotypes of the past that, as experience proves, are working to reproduce the division lines, we will be able to attain peace and prosperity, Putin said.
Creation of Europe’s new configuration and deep inner reforms in Russia and Bulgaria affected the relations, Russia’s president said, emphasizing that the countries have passed that stage and are promoting new ties that are in line with today’s dictates of the time.
Not some ideological dogmas but rather well-understood national interests, healthy pragmatism, mutual respect and mutual profit determine the vector nowadays, Putin went on, pointing out that Russia and Bulgaria are doomed to be partners and neither political trends nor impetuous development of today’s world can do away with this reality.
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