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Bulgarian President expects the Netherlands to change position on Bulgaria’s Schengen bid

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It is possible that Bulgaria could be accepted into Schengen by air and land this year, President Rumen Radev said in response to a journalist's question after a meeting with his Albanian colleague Bajram Begaj, BNR reporter Mira Stefanova informed. "I expect the Netherlands to announce full support for Bulgaria and Romania for Schengen membership, without restrictions, as soon as possible. When it comes to Austria it is a question of convincing the Austrian society that this is an extremely necessary step," Radev said.

The President also recalled of the Bulgarian initiative during the time of the caretaker cabinet for the creation of a center for sharing intelligence information with the participation of all EU countries, on the basis of which joint actions would be carried out to break the illegal migrant trafficking centers in Europe.



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