Bulgaria willing to allow Putin's plane to fly to Budapest for meeting with Trump

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev has said that his country is willing to provide an air corridor for Russian leader Vladimir Putin's plane if an official request is submitted for a flight to Budapest for Putin's meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Source: Georgiev in a comment to BNR (Bulgarian National Radio), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Georgiev said that if holding the meeting is a condition for achieving peace in Ukraine, "it is most logical for such a meeting to be mediated in every possible way".

Asked whether this meant that Bulgaria would provide a corridor for Putin's plane, the minister replied: "How is a meeting supposed to take place if one of the participants cannot attend?"

Background:

• On 16 October, Trump spoke with Putin for the first time in nearly two months and later announced plans for a meeting in Budapest. This would be Putin's first appearance in the capital of an EU member state since the start of the full-scale invasion.
• EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said it is "not nice" that Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, could travel to the territory of an EU member state to meet Trump.
• Polish diplomatic sources believe it is highly unlikely that Putin would choose to fly over Polish airspace on his way to Budapest.

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