The Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mykola Skoryk has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Kristian Vigenin.

The meeting was held in Odesa Regional State Administration reported on Saturday, 9 November.

The Deputy Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration Oleksandr Malin, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Odesa Konstantin Rzhepishevsky, Head of Foreign Economic Affairs and European Integration Department Evgeniya Volynets also presented at the meeting.

The Bulgarian side was presented by the Consul General of Bulgaria Republic Mr. Stoyan Gorchivkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic Bulgaria to Ukraine Krasimir Minchev, Representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Petar Kanev, etc.

“I am honoured my first international meeting as chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration is held with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. Bulgaria is a special country to Ukraine. It is closely associated with our country’s close economic, friendship, intellectual, and moral ties. Bulgarian diaspora is one of the largest in the Odesa region. More than 150 thousand members of the Diaspora live in our territory,” the governor noted.