This Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow announced that Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will visit Russia on 21 and 22 May.
The secretariat of the Bulgarian President announced that the visit was on the occasion of the Day of Bulgarian Culture and Literature, celebrated on 24 May. The administration of the head of state said the dates for a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Bulgaria were in the process of negotiation.
The Russian President was supposed to visit Bulgaria for the celebrations of the 140th anniversary of the March 3rd Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman’s rule, but because of the Russian elections on March 18th the visit did not take place.
The Russian delegation was led by Moscow Patriarch Kirill, who caused a scandal with his criticism of Radev and Bulgarian politicians for paying tribute to other nations who participated in the liberation of Bulgaria under the banner of the Russian Emperor.
Immediately after Putin's re-election, the Bulgarian President sent him a congratulatory message in which he hoped the two sides to work together "to develop the existing potential of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation in different areas, in the interests and for the benefit of the two nations".
