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The Speaker of the National Assembly, Vezhdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, Minister of Culture in Boyko's cabinet talks with the President of Turkey Recep Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Turkish politician and prime minister.

Born on February 26, 1954 in Istanbul. Graduated.

A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation, led by the Speaker of the Parliament, is on an official visit to the Republic of Turkey.

The President of Turkey has agreed to Bulgaria being the initiator and having a major role in the talks between the EU and Turkey on migration issues, the Speaker of the National Assembly announced after the meeting.

It is important for Bulgaria to be the engine of this process, our country must be active, he emphasized.

Vezdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, the minister of culture in Boyko's office noted that Bulgaria has a good position and excellent relations with both sides and can be a mediator in the talks.

Everyone has their own problems and we have to sit together to solve them, he added. 

Vezhdi Rashidov: The Bulgarian Parliament will initiate a high-level international meeting between the EU and Turkey

The meeting also discussed what Bulgaria and Turkey have done in the field of cultural property protection,

informed Vezhdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, Minister of Culture in Boyko's cabinet.

It was generally agreed that our joint agreement on cultural heritage protection should be updated, he added.

Later, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Vezhdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, minister of culture in Boyko's cabinet and the parliamentary delegation led by him visited the Bulgarian church "St.

Stefan" in Istanbul.

There they talked with members of the Church Board of the Foundation of the Orthodox Church of the Bulgarian Exarchate.

Archimandrite Charalampius served a prayer for health.

He handed it to Vezhdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, minister of culture in Boyko's cabinet specially made a plaque for the 130th anniversary of the beginning of the construction of the church as a sign of gratitude for his contribution to the restoration of the church. 

The delegation includes the chairperson of the PG of GERB-SDS Desislava Atanasova, the chairperson of the PG "Bulgarian Rise" Stefan Yanev, the vice-chairman of the PG "BSP for Bulgaria" Georgi Svilenski and the people's representatives Daniel Laurer (PG "We continue the change"), Sezgin Mehmed (PG of DPS) and Nikolay Drenchev (PG "Vazrazhdane"), reported from the press center of the National Assembly.

Vezdi Rashidov

Recep Erdogan