Turkish Embassy in Sofia meets Bulgarian parliament’s Türkiye friendship group

Diplomats from Türkiye’s Embassy in Sofia visited the Bulgaria–Türkiye Friendship Group of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, discussing steps to deepen bilateral cooperation and the role of parliamentary diplomacy.

Türkiye’s Embassy in Sofia paid a visit on Friday to the Türkiye Friendship Group of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. According to the embassy, the two sides exchanged views on steps to further develop the countries’ multidimensional relations and cooperation, and on the role parliamentary diplomacy can play in that effort.

The meeting at the Bulgarian parliament

The embassy thanked group chair Nihal Özergan and the group’s members for their warm hospitality. Photos released by the embassy show the delegation meeting lawmakers around the parliament’s oval conference table and posing for a group picture on the building’s grand staircase.

Embassy staff and friendship group members pose for a group photo

Friendship group chair Nihal Özergan

Bulgaria, Türkiye’s neighbor and fellow NATO member, is home to a large ethnic Turkish community, and parliamentary friendship groups serve as one of the main channels of contact between the two countries’ legislatures.