Bulgaria PM Borisov, Sarkozy Scheduled for Friendly Tete-a-Tete

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (L) is pictured here with the French Ambassador to Sofia, Etienne de Poncins. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is scheduled to confer with French President Nikolas Sarkozy on Monday during his official two-day visit to Paris, the governmental press office announced.

The agenda includes meetings with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, representatives of the Bulgarian community there and a working breakfast with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former President of France.

In addition to Borisov, the Bulgarian official delegation to visit Paris on October 11 and 12 includes Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Foreign Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, her deputy, Marin Raikov, who is also former Ambassador to France, the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, and Defense Minister, Nikolay Mladenov.

The French Ambassador to Sofia, Etienne de Poncins, declared Thursday his country's readiness to offer full political and moral support to Bulgaria's new cabinet.

The Ambassador spoke during a meeting with the media where he presented the program of the upcoming visit of Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, to Paris and stressed the good relations between Borisov and the French President, Nikolas Sarkozy, dating from the time when one was General Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior and the other France's Interior Minister.

The top French diplomatic representative in Sofia said France would not compete with Bulgaria over the EU Energy Commissioner post because they are interested in having a French person head the Internal Market and Services sector.

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