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The average salary in the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is BGN 1,400 net.

More than half of the employees have confirmed their willingness to engage in strike action.

There is support for the effective protest from all directorates in the ministry.

This was explained to BNR by Martin Kolev, chairman of the professional association of civil servants from the diplomatic service, before the start of today's strike action.

Kolev specified that the current effective strike of the department's employees was preceded by a protest action in the ministry in the summer after the sudden dismissal of a colleague, followed by another such action on the diplomats' professional holiday, when everyone went to work dressed in black.

"These actions are a desperate call to say that we are part of the national security system."

The employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs begin an effective strike

The management has a basic understanding of the pay problem in the system, said Kolev.

The strikers do not agree with a 30% increase in income because, according to them, it starts from a very low base.

"Salaries with us are extremely low and on average lag behind salaries in similar departments to ours by two times. The average salary is BGN 1,400 net."

Kolev himself, who speaks three languages ​​- one of which is Chinese, takes a little more than this amount.

MFA