Bulgarian parliament building in Sofia city. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 13 Russian Ambassador to Sofia Eleonora Mitrofanova will not be invited to the first meeting of the new People's Assembly (Parliament) of Bulgaria, according to the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). According to tradition, foreign ambassadors accredited in Sofia, attend the first sessions of Parliament by special invitation. The issue of inviting the Russian ambassador arose during an informal meeting of party leaders on Tuesday, who discussed organizational issues of the upcoming work in parliament. regime for Russians with service passportsThe final decision not to invite the Russian ambassador and temporary head of the Belarusian embassy Nikita Leshukov to the ceremony was made at an extraordinary meeting of party leaders on Thursday. The administration of the National Assembly undertook to take this position into account when sending out invitations. As noted, the GERB-SDS alliance that won the elections, the Continue Changes movement, the DPS parties and Democratic Bulgaria opposed the invitation of the Russian ambassador. Socialists, the Renaissance and Bulgarian parties Voskhod» demanded the observance of the traditional protocol, but remained in the minority. The procedure provides that official guests are invited after the publication of the presidential decree to convene parliament in the state bulletin. This is expected to happen on Friday.
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