President Radev is on a two-day visit to Croatia

The presidents of Bulgaria and Croatia will discuss the possibilities for deepening cooperation between the two countries, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. Rumen Radev will pay an official visit to Zagreb at the invitation of his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanović.

The deepening of cooperation between Bulgaria and Croatia in the interest of stability and the European perspective of the region will be a focus of the two-day visit of the Bulgarian president. In Zagreb, Rumen Radev will be welcomed with an official ceremony by the Head of State of Croatia Zoran Milanović. The two will have a "private" conversation and will discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, topics from the regional and European agenda. Rumen Radev and Zoran Milanovic will make a statement to the media.

In Zagreb, the Bulgarian head of state will meet with the Speaker of the Parliament Gordan Jandroković and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

Rumen Radev and representatives of the Bulgarian community in Croatia, which has been officially recognized as a national minority since 1998, will honor the work of Ivan Vazov in front of the bust-monument of the writer in the Alley of Poets in the "Bundek" park.

The construction of a monument to the Patriarch of Bulgarian Literature is financed by donations, and the idea for its installation is related to Ivan Vazov's long-standing friendship with the Croatian novelist Dr. Fran Gundrum-Oriovčanin, who popularized Bulgarian literature in his homeland and translated some of Vazov's works, including the novel "Under the yoke".

Tomorrow, President Rumen Radev will be in Vukovar and will visit the Bulgarian military cemetery, where he will pay tribute to the memory of the Bulgarian officers, soldiers and volunteers who died in the final phase of World War II. 60 years ago, a military memorial and ossuary were built in memory of the Bulgarians near Vukovar. The mortal remains of over 1,000 Bulgarian soldiers are buried here.