Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev leaves on a two-day working visit to Finland, the next EU president. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency)
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev opened Monday a two-day working visit to Finland, the next EU president.
The visit is at the invitation of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.
Finland will assume the EU presidency on July 1, during a crucial stage of the process of Bulgaria's accession to the big European family.
Bulgaria's prospects for EU entry and the bilateral relations between the two counties will top the agenda of the scheduled meetings between the two prime ministers.
Stanishev is to confer with President Tarja Halonen and Jari Pekka Olavi Vilen, Chairman of the Committee for European Union Affairs of the Finnish Parliament and of the parliamentary Finland-Bulgaria Friendship Group.