Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has called on the Balkan countries to demonstrate in a clear way to the European institutions their unity and political will  for the establishment of an international Sustainable Technology Institute in Southeastern Europe.

At a meeting with the Southeast European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies Governing Council, President Radev said the project would encourage regional European integration processes in the spheres of science, education and medicine and would create a new perspectives for technological exchange and careers for young scientists.

Representatives of the Balkan states expressed their gratitude to Bulgaria, which had put the European perspective of the Western Balkans as a top priority of its European presidency.