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China's Ambassador to Bulgaria Guo Yezhou. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria and China have signed an intergovernmental agreement on mutual exemption of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
The deal will allow Chinese holders of Schengen visas to enter Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National television has informed.
"For Bulgaria, the partnership with the People's Republic of China is crucial, I would say not only for the region of Asia but also on many global issues on which we have more enhanced dialogue," Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov declared upon signing the agreement on Monday.
Bulgaria and China have shown a big interest to further their bilateral cooperation in the fields of engineering industry, agriculture and infrastructure, said Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria Guo Yezhou.
According to the Chinese Ambassador, the political dialogue, trade and economic relations, mutual investment and personal exchanges and contacts between China and Bulgaria are currently developing very well.
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