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President Rumen Radev and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen to discuss pandemic and Western Balkans

President Rumen Radev
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On 26 July Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is to pay a working visit to Salzburg at the invitation of the President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, the presidential press service has announced.

The talks between Rumen Radev and Alexander Van der Bellen will focus on bilateral relations and issues from the EU’s agenda – overcoming the restrictions to the freedom of movement due to the pandemic, the EU’s green digital transition priorities, the fight against climate change, EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans, migration. 



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