Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov is on an official visit to Montenegro, which will be today and tomorrow. This was announced by the press service of the Council of Ministers, quoted by BTA.
Prime Minister Zhelyazkov will meet with the Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajic, as well as with the President of Montenegro - Jakov Milatovic.
Two documents on cooperation between Bulgaria and Montenegro are scheduled to be signed today. Prime Minister Zhelyazkov and his colleague Spajic will sign an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation. The Ministers of Transport of the two countries – Grozdan Karadzhov and Maja Vukicevic will sign a bilateral declaration of cooperation, expressing the desire of the countries to provide a direct air line connecting the capitals Sofia and Podgorica.
On the occasion of the celebration of the Unification, Prime Minister Zhelyazkov will unveil a bust-monument of Prince Alexander I Battenberg at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Montenegro. One of the greatest contributions of the prince to the Bulgarian people is precisely the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia, which marks 140 years since that significant date.
Rosen Zhelyazkov is also scheduled to deliver a public lecture to students at the university.
The official delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadjov, Minister of Tourism Miroslav Borshosh and Minister of Health Silvi Kirilov, who will meet with their Montenegrin counterparts.
On September 3, the government approved the signing of an Agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and Montenegro on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. The document provides a new perspective for the development of bilateral cooperation in science, technology and innovation with an emphasis on bilateral projects funded by both countries, the mobility of scientists and the exchange of data and information for joint scientific research. It is envisaged that joint activities will be carried out in the form of coordinated programs and joint research projects; joint scientific seminars, conferences and symposia; exchange of scientific and technological information and documentation in the exchange of scientists, specialists and researchers, exchange or mutual use of facilities or materials and other forms of scientific and technological cooperation.