President Rumen Radev said in Madrid that the presidential institution did not receive a report from SANS on the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats and officials. According to him, the Security Council at the Council of Ministers did not include the topic in the previously announced agenda. It was raised for discussion, but no decision was made on it.
The head of state said that the decision of the government is based on a parallel mechanism that is far from the institutional path. He believes that the consequences of the expulsion of Russian diplomats can be very serious, especially for Bulgaria's diplomatic mission in Moscow. Rumen Radev said that if early elections were to be held, they should not be held before September 15.
The Bulgarian President said it is important to have the greatest possible turnout.