Interior Minister: Bulgaria Completely Ready for Schengen

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov is postitive that his country will have met the technical criteria in two months. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Schengen entry in 2011 is entirely realistic, according to the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

He stated that on Friday after he met with his Estonian counterpart Marko Pomerants on Tuesday. Tsvetanov was positive that Bulgaria will have covered the Schengen Agreement's technical criteria by March 2011 and that the country awaits only a political decision.

"Estonia will welcome Bulgaria in the Schengen zone once it covers the technical criteria," Marko Pomerants stated.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov expressed his gratitude over his counterpart's support.

The two Interior Ministers have also discussed Estonia's issue with the first counterfeit Euro notes, which have emerged just days after the Baltic country adopted the common currency.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Bulgarian foreign ministry's spokeswoman Vessela Cherneva said Bulgaria is continuing with preparations to join the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone and will be ready to accede in March, despite the strong opposition from a coalition of older EU member states.

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