![]() Ukraine’s foreign ministry said it expected Radev to retract his comments, which it said jarred with “Sofia’s official position in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state within its internationally recognised borders”. The sanctions that were imposed as a result of Crimea and Ukraine are not yielding results,” Radev said late on Thursday, adding that the Crimea was “currently Russian.” “It is very important to be pragmatic in the foreign policy. In a presidential debate ahead of Bulgaria’s run-off presidential vote on Sunday Radev said Western sanctions against Moscow were not delivering the expected results and that the European Union should restore dialogue with Russia, no matter how strained relations were. ![]() KYIV/SOFIA (Reuters) – Ukraine summoned the Bulgarian ambassador on Friday after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said the Crimean Peninsula was part of Russia after being annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
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