Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the parameters and discussions held in the meeting held recently between the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin and the Irish Ambassador to Bulgaria His Excellency John Rowan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31181/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The newly appointed Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Mr. Kristian Vigenin, had a meeting, at his request, with Ambassador Rowan on 6 June. The meeting was one in a round of introductory meetings with Ambassadors in Sofia. The Minister recalled his good relations with Irish colleagues during his time as a Member of the European Parliament and discussed matters of mutual interest in a European context. He offered his best wishes for a successful conclusion to our term of office as EU Presidency.