Greco-Bulgarian Relations - Official Visits

Official Visits

Greece and Bulgaria regularly exchange visits of senior dignitaries and officials. Notable official visits include:

  • The President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov to Greece (05-07/11/2003)
  • Working visit by Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski to Athens (31/10-01/11/2002) and attendance at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (13-17/08/2004).
  • The President of the Hellenic Republic, Kostis Stephanopoulos to Bulgaria (11-13/10/2004)
  • Meeting between the two Presidents in Thessaloniki (11/04/05)
  • Working visits by Foreign Minister, Petros Molyviatis, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Ministers Valinakis and Stylianidis to Sofia (16/11/2004) confirm the excellent level of bilateral relations.
  • The Greek President, Karolos Papoulias, met with his Bulgarian counterpart, Georgi Purvanov, in Thessaloniki (11/4/2005), immediately upon taking office, and visited Bulgaria within the framework of the Regional Forum on Cultural Corridors in Southeast Europe, which took place in Varna (20-21/5/2005).
  • Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis paid a two-day visit to the country (19-20/5/2005) at the invitation of Bulgarias Minister of the Interior at the time, G. Petkanov.
  • The President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev to Greece (4–5 July 2012)
  • The Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov to Greece (17 December 2012)

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