KYIV. July 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov were on a working visit to Odesa region on Monday during which they discussed a project for repairing the Odesa-Reni highways and agreed on the joint construction of a ferry across the Danube.
Klimkin and Mitov preliminarily discussed the possibility of attracting EU funds under the said projects, according to Klimkin’s comment available to Interfax-Ukraine. This question will be also discussed at the presidential level during a meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Plevneliev, who is to come to Ukraine on an official visit, Klimkin said.
“Agreement was reached on joint construction of a ferry across the Danube, which would open the way from Ukraine to Romania and Bulgaria,” Klimkin said.
On the agenda were also the creation of a new business incubator for small and medium-sized enterprises, and cooperation in education and culture, he added.
“During the talks, the Bulgarian side has promised to raise the quota for the education of Ukrainian citizens of Bulgarian origin at Bulgarian universities,” Klimkin said.
