Bulgaria's Cabinet approved Thursday the draft on Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty, governmental spokesman Dimitar Tsonev announced.

By approving the draft Bulgaria's Council of Minister entitled Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva to sign all pre accession documents and the Accession Treaty.

The Cabinet also decided to invite President Parvanov join the official signing.

The Bulgarian delegation also includes Bulgaria's Ambassador to the European Union, the country's envoys to Belgium and Luxembourg as well as the governmental spokesman.

The European Parliament approved last Wednesday the admission of Bulgaria to the European Union, paving the way for the signature of EU accession treaty later this month.

On March 30, MEPs in the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee gave their backing to Bucharest and Sofia's accession in 2007. Accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania were completed on 17 December 2004 and Treaty of Accession is now finalised.

Romania and Bulgaria's target date for EU entry is January 1 2007, but Brussels has repeatedly stressed that accession will be delayed by a year if both countries cannot prove that reforms promised during negotiations are up to scratch.

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