The heads of the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs surprisingly ended up in Turkey. This was learned from an official announcement of the state prosecution.
“A delegation of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (PRB), led by acting chief prosecutor Borislav Sarafov, is visiting Ankara, Republic of Turkey. The delegation also includes the deputy administrative head of the Appellate Prosecutor’s Office Sofia Emilia Rusinova, the city prosecutor of Sofia Iliana Kirilova and Hristo Krastev, deputy administrative head of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office,” the prosecutor’s office wrote.
Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev intensified the publicity surrounding his international activities, and after informing about his visit to Ukraine for days at the beginning of last month, this time he boasted of an official visit to Turkey.
The visit is at the invitation of the Turkish Prosecutor General Bekir Sahin and the Interior Minister of the Republic of Turkey Ali Yerlikaya. On the Bulgarian side, the Minister of the Interior Kalin Stoyanov, Stoyan Temelakiev – Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, as well as the directors of the State Border Police and DG Border Police, Chief Commissioner Yavor Serafimov and Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, are also present. Within the framework of the visit of the Bulgarian delegation to Ankara, a meeting with the Turkish Minister of Justice Yilmaz Tunc is planned.
After the President Rumen Radev, the Speaker of the National Assembly, several ministers and MPs passed through Turkey, the Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev was also on a visit to the neighboring country.
The main topics of talks between the two countries will be the traditionally good cooperation in combating illegal migration and other forms of cross-border organized crime, as well as the fight against terrorism. Criminal law issues of mutual interest will also be reviewed during the meetings, the prosecutor’s office points out.
Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev sent additional materials on his request to remove the parliamentary immunity of GERB leader Boyko Borisov, including from Turkey. This is clear from an official announcement by the prosecutor’s office.
Later, the prosecutor’s office announced that the delegation was received by the President of the Supreme Court of Turkey, Mehmet Akarca, and by the Turkish Chief Prosecutor, Bekir Sahin, and Sarafov and Stoyanov also met with the Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya. “The contribution of Turkey and Bulgaria in limiting illegal migration in the region was also emphasized,” reads the protocol announcement. The two delegations also discussed “other aspects of legal cooperation, including the counteraction against cross-border organized crime and the fight against terrorism.”
“We are making efforts to ensure that no one crosses the borders illegally. Many efforts are being made in this direction. There will be attempts, but many of the migrants will refuse to cross our territory,” the Turkish interior minister told his Bulgarian colleague. There are currently about 4 million migrants on the territory of Turkey. “We do not want them to go to Bulgaria or Greece. We want to be successful together and for everyone to know that this territory cannot be crossed easily,” said Yerlikaya, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
CASE
The trial for the murder of the border policeman Petar Bachvarov starts on October 12 in Edirne. This was announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the meetings of Kalin Stoyanov.
The topic of the border policeman killed last year near the village of Selo Golyam Dervent was raised by Stoyanov at the insistence of the parents of the deceased, with whom the minister met a few days ago in Elhovo. Deputy Minister of Justice Hasan Yilmaz explained that the first hearing in the case is scheduled for October 12 in Edirne. He assured Stoyanov that the parents of Petar Bachvarov would be assisted to attend the first court hearing.
Petar Bachvarov was shot while walking around the fence between Bulgaria and Turkey last November. Turkish authorities then detained two brothers and reported that they were involved in stealing farm animals, which is probably why they were at the border on the fateful night.
After that, the court in Edirne permanently detained 28-year-old Engin Erguvan, accused of murdering the Bulgarian border policeman, and released his brother Mustafa. Before the court, the two brothers stated that they shot at the car’s headlights and did not realize that they had killed the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs officer.
The Turkish citizens detained for the murder of the Bulgarian border policeman were involved in the theft of farm animals.
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2023-10-09 22:01:10
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