JERUSALEM—Bulgarian President Boyko Borisov, who visited Israel recently, has decided to open an honorory consulate in Jerusalem ‘’as a first step’’.
The announcement was made Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he spoke on the phone with his Bulgarian counterpart.
‘’He made the effort to explain to me, in our conversation, that this consul will not deal only with Bulgarian affairs in Jerusalem, but with Bulgarian affairs in the entire State of Israel,’’ Netanyahu said at Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting.
‘’I told him that this was a welcome step and that I hoped it will quickly lead to the opening of the official and complete Bulgarian Embassy in Jerusalem,’’ he added.
Bulgaria is following in the footsteps of the Czech Republic which reopened its honorary consulate in Jerusalem at the end of May.
Bulgaria currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council of Ministers.