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Bulgaria to Represent the European Union in Qatar, Mongolia from July 1

Sofia, June 30 (BTA) - As of July 1, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Qatar and Mongolia will rotate to Bulgaria, said the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry on Friday. The Bulgarian embassies will represent the European Union in both countries in the absence of EU delegations.

As a rule the Estonian Presidency will represent the European Union in countries with no EU missions between July 1 and December 31 but this task will go to Bulgaria where there are no Estonian embassies.

At a later stage Bulgaria is expected to take up the rotating EU Presidency in Kuwait, North Korea and Iran too.

Bulgaria has already taken up the rotating EU Presidency in countries with no EU delegations or embassies of the respective EU presidency in close cooperation with the European External Action Service.