home GEORGI PARVANOV Biography Parvanov: The President The Others on the President Photo Gallery Parvanov: Fun Corner ANGEL MARIN SCHEDULE OF EVENTS NEWS INTERVIEWS AND STATEMENTS ELECTIONS 2006 USEFUL INFORMATION HOME POLICY FOREIGN POLICY 1. For European and Euro-Atlantic integration 2. For an effective fight against global terrorism 3. For stability in Southeastern Europe and European prospects of the Balkans 4. For a revival and development of cultural corridors 5. For a balanced and economy-oriented foreign policy 6. For effective protection of the rights of Bulgarian citizens and Bulgarians around the world 4. For a revival and development of cultural corridors The President sees Southeastern Europe’s cultural and historical heritage as one of the most serious arguments for its integration in the EU. Georgi Parvanov is convinced that the unique nature of this heritage casts light on the less known but truer image of the region as a crossroads of cultures and religions, as one of the cradles of European and world civilization. May 21st, 2005. Eight heads of state from the region adopted the Varna Declaration on the exposure, preservation, sustainable use and promotion of the cultural corridors in Southeast Europe. In his view, what the countries and nations of the region have in common is much more than the things used as grounds for separation and confrontation in centuries past. That is why it can be used today as a specific source of economic and social development, for building up closer ties, for opening the countries towards one another and for their integration in the common European area. The forum “Cultural Corridors of Southeast Europe: Common Past and Shared Heritage, A Key to Future Partnership” is a specific manifestation of the view that “the region can speak and think with its own voice”. The meeting held on Georgi Parvanov’s initiative was the venue for direct dialogue of the presidents of eight countries of the region, who adopted a Declaration on Investigation, Preservation, Sustainable Use and Promotion of the Cultural Corridors of Southeast Europe.
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