Lasting Peace is Only Achievable When We Give Way Not to Interests But to Principles, Said Rosen Plevneliev

A lasting sustainable peace is only achievable when we reach the hearts of young people and when we give way not to the interests but to the principles, said Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017, at the conference "NATO membership - the key to The European Union "in Sofia, organized by the Atlantic Council on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of NATO and 15 years since the accession of Bulgaria to the alliance.
,,We are surrounded by instability and it is quite normal for people to worry, it is up to politicians to address the fears of citizens and to resolve them in a sustainable way rather than to play with these fears'', Plevneliev said.
According to him, decisions can only be global, whether it be terrorism, economic and financial crises, migration.
,,When we know that the coming elections are essential, it is up to each of us to face the citizens and to defend what is right for the next generation'', Plevneliev noted.

,,NATO is the world's strongest worthy alliance of democratic states, asserting principles'', he added.

,,Populists are not strong because they have no cause, strategy, long-term view'', said Plevneliev.
Former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov said that Bulgarian insecurity is now more than 15 years old. The reasons are also the Bulgarian politics, but also NATO's policy, he commented.

,,When Bulgaria became a member of the alliance, I warned that this membership can not help us rule the rule of law, tackle corruption and organized crime, these internal deficits of security keep us away from Western democratic standards'', he commented.

,,The external uncertainty is now much greater, the reasons being the Crimean annexation, the subsequent Russian hybrid war against Ukraine and the...