Bulgarian parliamentarians will try to return to the ownership of the state resort "Kamchiya", which is managed by Bulgarians, but owned by Russians.
Bulgaria wants to return the Russian resort "Kamchia" to state ownership
Bulgarian MPs from the ruling majority are preparing a bill on the release of Russian property and giving the state control over the Russian tourist resort of Kamchia on the Black Sea coast
Euractiv publication writes about it.
The Kamchia resort is advertised as "educational, cultural, recreational, sports, health, business and congress tourism". It is owned by Moscow but managed by Bulgarians, who are not formally subject to EU sanctions.
A Bulgarian MP, Ivaylo Mirchev, from the coalition "We Continue the Change — Democratic Bulgaria", said that the base "Kamchia" is a Russian enclave on the coast of Bulgaria, which has been operating for more than 14 years.
The legislative initiative is long overdue, especially given Russia's war in Ukraine. International sanctions against Russia have been in effect since 2014, and new ones are being introduced in response to Russia's incessant aggression, Mirchev said.
He emphasised that Bulgaria should adopt a special law to extend the implementation of sanctions.
In order for Bulgaria to be able to fulfill its obligations to ensure the implementation of these international restrictive measures, it is necessary to adopt a special bill, he added.
Ukraine's ambassador: The Black Sea demining will occur in the summer
The practical implementation of the memorandum on demining the Black Sea recently signed by Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey will most likely begin in the summer.
Such a forecast was made public by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey, Vasyl Bodnar, during an online briefing on the topic "Ukrainian-Turkish relations: how cooperation between the countries is currently carried out.
The diplomat noted that each party has specifications for implementing the tripartite memorandum signed on January 11. In particular, Romania has already done it, Bulgaria is going through domestic procedures, and in Turkey, this document must be ratified since the use of armed forces units that will deal with demining belongs to the competence of the parliament.
He added that demining would occur within the framework of NATO, as the so-called regional principle of responsibility was agreed upon at the Vilnius summit. In this context, Turkey initiated this project.
