Itar-Tass
By Andrei Naryshkin

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi said he is grateful to the Russian leadership to its contribution to electing Bulgaria a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. Bulgaria and Russia signed a intergovernmental agreement on cultural, educational and scientific cooperation in Sofia on Wednesday. The Bulgarian minister said he had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in the beginning of October that proved that Moscow changed its position on Bulgaria`s election as the U.N. Security Council non-permanent member. Russia `gave and kept its promise`, Pasi said. He made it clear that the attitude taken by Russian representatives to the U.N. exerted a considerable influence on the results of the voting. Bulgaria and Russia had never any problems in cultural cooperation, Pasi told Itar-Tass. Both countries should join efforts to develop interaction in such areas as economy and tourism, he said. Such relations may become a powerful impetus to expanding a bilateral political dialogue, the Bulgarian minister said.

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