Passy's NATO Bid Threatened by Bulgaria's Close Relations with Russia

Politics | February 24, 2009, Tuesday // 00:00
Bulgaria Passy??™s NATO Bid Threatened by Bulgaria??™s Close Relations with Russia: Passy's NATO Bid Threatened by Bulgaria's Close Relations with Russia Bulgaria's candidate to head NATO, Solomon Passy (left), has presented himself as being romatic when he married the country's EU Affairs Minister Grancharova (right) on St. Valentine's, DPA points out. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's historically close relations with Russia might turn out to be detrimental for the chances of the former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy to become NATO's next Secretary-General, the German information agency DPA says in an article.

DPA reviews several bidders for the top NATO opening pointing out that a candidate's good relations with the USA and the knowledge of French were the main prerequisites for obtaining the post.

According to DPA, Passy is well-received in the USA, and comes from the new, Eastern European states of the pact, who believe the next NATO Secretary-General should be a representative of theirs.

The article stresses that Passy was a mathematician and a rational thinker, who also appeared to be romantic as he just married Bulgaria's EU Affairs Minister, Gergana Grancharova, on St. Valentine's Day.

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