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Georg Georgiev meets in Israel with World Jewish Congress leadership

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Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev met for talks yesterday with the President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder. Georg Georgiev is in Israel in connection with the Sixth Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism.

Georg Georgiev has explained that Bulgaria is one of the first countries to have adopted a “working definition of antisemitism” and to have appointed a national coordinator for combating the phenomenon.

Robert Singer, Vice President of the World Jewish Congress, has named Bulgaria as an excellent example of successful cooperation between the government and the local Jewish community for the sake of combating antisemitism.




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