Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Russia Is Not An Enemy But It Is An Opponent

"The EU must consider what happened with the Ukrainian crisis. What bothers me is the fact that, regarding this crisis, very few Bulgarian politicians declared their positions openly. Many Bulgarian politicians have not said a word up to now about the fact that one state occupied the territory of another sovereign state and there was an illegal referendum," said Plevneliev to Darik radio.

Plevneliev also clarified his views on Russia: "Frist of all, we have to understand that the situation with Russia has changed. Regretfully, it is drastically different - Russia is not an enemy but it is an opponent. The idea is not to wage war. But the idea is that we are witnessing efforts on the part of Russia to destabilise the EU. These efforts can be seen from Bulgaria."