UN General Assembly in New York

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva met in Tokyo today with her Japanese counterpart Tarō Kōno, the Foreign Ministry press office said. They discussed how to strengthen the bilateral political dialogue and the opportunities for increasing Bulgarian exports, attracting Japanese investments, technologies and tourists.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borshov meets with the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on 23rd of October. This is the third day of PM's Middle East tour, reports BNT.

PM Borissov arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo in the evening on 22nd of October after his visit to the United Arab Emirates.

He was welcomed by Prime Minister Mostafa Kemal Madbouly.

Achieving the universal, but closely interlinked, Sustainable Development Objectives set out in Plan 2030 is the key to meeting today's global challenges. This was stated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in his speech during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit within the framework of the UN General Assembly in New York, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced.
 

President Nicos Anastasiades is on a day visit Monday morning to Athens to meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, just 10 days before a number of meetings take place during the UN General Assembly in New York.

The dialogue between Russian and Serbian presidents, based on trust, encourages development of bilateral cooperation in all fields.

This is what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic, who was in Moscow on Friday.

"Our relations are on the rise in all areas," Lavrov said, according to TASS.

The vote on Kosovo's UNESCO bid will not be easy for Serbia, but it will certainly not be easy for them, either, President Aleksandar Vucic has told O2 TV.

As he said, Kosovo's leaders continued lobbying during the UN General Assembly in New York, and apart from money, they also have "other other people's muscles" at their disposal.

The vote on Kosovo's UNESCO bid will not be easy for Serbia, but it will certainly not be easy for them, either, President Aleksandar Vucic has told O2 TV.

As he said, Kosovo's leaders continued lobbying during the UN General Assembly in New York, and apart from money, they also have "other other people's muscles" at their disposal.

South Korea's president Moon Jae-in has assured that the winter Olympics in PyeongChang in February next year will not be jeopardized despite tense relations with the DPRK. He met with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Slovenian and Croatian PMS Miro Cerar and Andrej Plenkovic will meet next week to discuss the implementation of the ruling on the Piran Bay border dispute.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate in a number of meetings held in the United Nations this week.

These are held within the regular 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.