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Bulgarian Prime Minister wants information about Bulgarians in Ukraine to go public

| updated on 2/11/15 5:54 PM
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Bulgarians living in the area in eastern Ukraine where military activities take place are over 6000. This was revealed during today's meeting of the Council of Ministers in Sofia. The total number of Bulgarians in Ukraine is just over 200,000, according to latest data. Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov has pointed out that the meeting of the European Council on Thursday will be attended by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and this will be a chance to ask about the mobilization. The Prime Minister wants information about the mobilization of Bulgarians in Ukraine to go public in order for speculations to be avoided, the transcript of the meeting reads.



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