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Traffic from Turkey through Bulgaria has increased by 50% for five years

Photo: Council of Ministers

Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and the new ambassador of Turkey to Bulgaria, Mehmet Sait Uyanik, will visit the Bulgarian-Turkish border at the "Malko Tarnovo" checkpoint in the coming days because of the problem of heavy traffic and traffic jams. 

This was agreed today in the Council of Ministers at a meeting on the need for joint coordinated efforts to modernize and optimize border checkpoints. According to data from the "Customs" Agency, traffic from Turkey through Bulgaria has increased by 50% over the past 5 years, and this trend is expected to continue.


In addition, at the moment the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapıkule border crossing is the second busiest border crossing in the world, with the prospect of taking the first place. In order to be prepared, joint efforts and coordination are necessary to achieve the best results, Glavchev said.



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