BULGARIA TO OPEN TRADE MISSION HERE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia has been named among twenty countries Bulgaria is planning to open trade mission in by the end of 2014. According to a media statement of the Bulgarian Government, the new trade representative offices are to be opened in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, northern Iraq (Erbil), Algiers, Tunisia, Ghana, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, US (Chicago), Hungary and Cyprus. The measure was approved by the government on Wednesday, the Ministry of Economy and Energy was allocated the money for maintenance of the new offices, says novinite.com website of Sofia News Agency. Five existing trade missions will be closed, while five of the new ones are to be financed through public-private partnership together with business organizations. This country currently has trade missions in 44 countries with a total staff of 61.