Bulgaria’s position on Ukraine is “political schizophrenia,” opposition says

The opposition has described the words and actions of the ruling party regarding the so-called Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine as “political schizophrenia.”

While Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Wednesday that Bulgaria’s decision not to participate in the Coalition of the Willing is a contribution to peace, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova yesterday signed a declaration in Kyiv, confirming the important role of the coalition and expressing readiness to strengthen the country’s participation in its work.

“A declaration signed by the Foreign Minister is a declaration backed by the state. What the Prime Minister said is now de facto nullified by the signed declaration,” GERB-SDS MP Georg Georgiev said. The former foreign minister added that we should wonder which role of Rumen Radev we can believe - the Eurosceptic who will veto the sanctions, or his pro-European government calling for stronger sanctions against Russia.

According to Ivaylo Mirchev from Democratic Bulgaria, the chaotic behaviour of the cabinet is damaging the Bulgarian interests and the trust of partners. According to him, this is being done with one goal – to exploit the Russophile vote for the upcoming presidential elections.

“There is no such country in which the prime minister does one thing and the foreign minister does another,” commented Nikolay Denkov, chairman of the parliamentary group of We Continue the Change.

The leader of "Vazrazhdane" Kostadin Kostadinov described as "typical duplicity of the cabinet" the fact that it is pursuing a dual policy and saying one thing to international partners, but completely different to Bulgarian society. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came out with a position that Velislava Petrova had not signed a declaration committing Bulgaria to strengthen its participation in the Coalition of the Willing.

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Editor: Diana Tsankova