Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Bulgaria's unfriendly actions
21 March 2022 21:28
581-21-03-2022
On March 18, the Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria announced ten diplomats at the Russian Embassy in Sofia persona non grata. The demarche, unprecedented in scale, is the eighth in a series of Bulgarian expulsions of Russian diplomatic staff since 2019. Like the previous actions, this one was taken under a far-fetched excuse. At the same time, it blends naturally into the atmosphere of hysteria fuelled by the NATO and EU countries over our special military operation to protect the civilians of Donbass, and to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine.
We qualify this move as yet another provocation, an attempt to win the competition on the speed at which relations with Russia can be destroyed without giving any thought to the consequences, national interests or aspirations of the Bulgarian people.
As with the previous moves, this unfriendly act will receive an appropriate response.
We are grateful to the many Bulgarians who are immune to anti-Russia propaganda, understand the basics of what is happening and speak out against this myopic policy.
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