The appointment of Nikolay Nenchev as temporary manager of our embassy in Ukraine carries risks. It is clear that Nenchev is a political figure, and with that some questions already arise. We found out that there was a proposal to send an ambassador who had gone through the procedure before, and that is Petar Tanev. He is a diplomat by career, he has passed through various posts, he was in Moldova, in Ukraine, he is a person who also knows the region, he has worked in conflict zones. This is what he announced to Lili Marinkova in the "FACTS" studio. and the show “Conversation“ the international analyst Dimitar Gardev.
„And here, for me, the questions are the following. I will mainly focus on the diplomatic protocol itself. How does Mr. Nenchev go to Ukraine? There are two approaches. The first approach is when there is no appointed ambassador, a diplomat who is from our mission there fills that position – of acting. There is such an opportunity, there is such a practice. An acting diplomat is a diplomat with limited powers and this is important to know - he mainly performs technical functions. We currently have a person appointed there who fulfills this position”, shared the guest.
“According to the Vienna Convention, which must be observed and is extremely regulated, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary goes to the other country with letters of credit that are of the highest rank. He hands them to the president of the other side. When we send a temporary manager of our embassy to Ukraine, we automatically lower the level of the embassy itself, lower the level of bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Ukraine in this case. By downgrading the embassy we are showing, it is a signal that something is wrong in bilateral relations. That is the main question. We are lowering the level of the embassy. With the Acting, we have a relationship between our foreign minister and their foreign ministry. You understand the difference. The letters of credence of the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador are handed over to the president, and the future ambassador will represent all the state bodies of Bulgaria – President, Council of Ministers, Parliament, before the other party. This is the highest interstate level. The temporary executive gives his letter to the foreign minister of Ukraine, in this case, and relations are at the level of ministries. You understand the difference. We got ourselves into a terrible trap, because this with Nenchev is a political case. It's just unprofessional“, Gardev also said.
See more from the conversation in the VIDEO.