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Kosovo President Receives Bulgaria's Ambassador for Farewell Visit
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Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga (R) with Ambassador Bobi Bobev (L) at the Presidency in Pristina, Kosovo on October 24, 2014. Photo: president-ksgov.net
Kosovo's head of state Atifete Jahjaga has received Bobi Bovev, the Bulgarian Ambassador, to mark the end of his mandate.
President Jahjaga has thanked him for his contribution and has expressed gratitude for the friendliness of Bulgaria and its citizens "who have stood close to the people of Kosovo during the most difficult times and at every step of the consolidation of the democratic state of Kosovo," according to a statement on the President of the Republic of Kosovo's website.
Jahjaga has also asserted Pristina is willing to further deepen cooperation with Sofia in economy and trade.
Bobi Bobev has been Bulgaria's envoy to the Republic of Kosovo since 2010.
Prior to that he represented Bulgaria in Albania from 1998 to 2006.
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