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Bulgaria reports readiness on providing its airspace to Putin
(MENAFN) Bulgaria has announced its readiness to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to cross its airspace en route to a planned summit with US President Donald Trump in Hungary.
The two leaders agreed last week over the phone to meet in Budapest on a yet-to-be-specified date to discuss potential steps toward resolving the Ukraine conflict, according to reports.
Speaking to national media, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev emphasized that his country would not pose any obstacles. “When efforts are made to achieve peace, and if the condition for that is to hold a meeting, it is most logical to organize such a meeting by all possible means,” he said.
Georgiev added, “How could there be a meeting if one side isn’t able to attend?”
While Bulgaria does not directly border Hungary, both nations share a frontier with Serbia, which maintains friendly relations with Russia and has refused to implement sanctions against Moscow.
Hungary remains one of the few EU members that has not endorsed the bloc’s diplomatic boycott of Russia. In June, Budapest declared its exit from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which in 2023 issued an arrest warrant for Putin on allegations of war crimes. Russia, not being a signatory to the ICC, rejected the warrant as “legally void,” according to reports.
The two leaders agreed last week over the phone to meet in Budapest on a yet-to-be-specified date to discuss potential steps toward resolving the Ukraine conflict, according to reports.
Speaking to national media, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev emphasized that his country would not pose any obstacles. “When efforts are made to achieve peace, and if the condition for that is to hold a meeting, it is most logical to organize such a meeting by all possible means,” he said.
Georgiev added, “How could there be a meeting if one side isn’t able to attend?”
While Bulgaria does not directly border Hungary, both nations share a frontier with Serbia, which maintains friendly relations with Russia and has refused to implement sanctions against Moscow.
Hungary remains one of the few EU members that has not endorsed the bloc’s diplomatic boycott of Russia. In June, Budapest declared its exit from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which in 2023 issued an arrest warrant for Putin on allegations of war crimes. Russia, not being a signatory to the ICC, rejected the warrant as “legally void,” according to reports.
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