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Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said cooperation with Türkiye is strategically important for promoting peace in the region.
“Nowadays, the world is eager for peace. For us, the partnership with Türkiye is extremely important ... of establishing peace,” Zhelyazkov told Anadolu Agency.
He noted that both countries are engaged in diplomatic initiatives related to the Middle East.
“So I think that with Türkiye, we are a very good example of how the partnership between neighboring countries can facilitate and promote the peace process in the world,” he said.
Zhelyazkov also said Bulgaria maintains relations with both Israel and Palestine and believes balanced engagement can help ease tensions.
“Both states are very important to ... mitigate all hostile narratives that exist because we need to establish peace and to promote the peace,” he added.
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Addressing discussions about a “two-speed” Europe, Zhelyazkov said the initiative has been widely misunderstood and mainly concerns capital market integration rather than political divisions within the European Union.
European leaders have proposed a “two-speed union” as a way to overcome political deadlock blocking key economic reforms aimed at reviving the European economy.
“This initiative, I think that, is not very well understood,” he said, explaining that countries ready to participate in simplifying and enlarging capital markets could move forward, while others could join later.
He stressed that participation depends on readiness, not differences between member states, adding that the approach “is a very particular issue that would not bother the European integrity and the European Union at home.”
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