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Bulgaria calls for full visa reciprocity between US and EU

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"We are looking forward to enhanced cooperation with the United States on priority areas on the international agenda, such as combating Covid-19 and overcoming the economic consequences of the pandemic, combating climate change, protecting human rights, promoting peace and security and coordinating policies on China, Russia, the Western Balkans." This was what Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council held today in Brussels

She also called for full visa reciprocity between the US and the EU.

Citizens of 4 countries still need visas to the United States. These are Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Cyprus, our correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova said.



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