No other country in the EU is so divided because of the war in Ukraine. This was said by Petar Stoyanov, president from 1997-2002, in the program “Face to Face” on bTV.
He did a retrospective of the collapse of the Soviet Union. “The idea that the Americans are to blame for the collapse of the USSR is wrong. Even the opposite – the US wanted to preserve the USSR. They said: ‘We will not tolerate ethnic extremism’. This burned the Ukrainians at the time. The American administration was afraid that the collapse of the USSR It could be like the breakup of Yugoslavia, but it would be the breakup of an alliance of nuclear states.
Therefore, the USA did not want the collapse of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the USSR was due to the desire of individual republics for independence.”
Petar Stoyanov also commented on Ukraine’s reluctance years ago to part with its nuclear weapons. “Ukraine did not want to part with its nuclear weapons because it knew that no one attacks a nuclear state.
Then the US and Great Britain pressured them to give up their nuclear weapons and became guarantors of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Russian president also signed this treaty.”
Petar Stoyanov quotes Dimitar Peshev, who years ago said: “Moral arguments are extremely important for small nations.” He pointed out that it is extremely important for the interests of Bulgaria to support Ukraine.” This is a very dangerous precedent – the entry of a large country into the territory of a small country, on the grounds that ethnic minorities are persecuted.”
“What is happening in Bulgaria is a threat to our progress. People call themselves Russophiles, which means that the rest of us are Russophobes. The chatter is complete and not only terminological. Stambolov and Zahari Stoyanov were builders of modern Bulgaria, precisely because Bulgaria fought to become a Transdanubian province,” Stoyanov emphasized.
He advised – let’s look after our rug, let’s not fight about things that are external to us.
Petar Stoyanov commented on the PP-DB and GERB government.” This government was born very difficult, but it was formed. The Bulgarian people breathed a sigh of relief.
The daily talk that it could fall at any moment sends the wrong signal to Bulgarian business, people are tired of elections. This rhetoric should be forgotten, the opposite should be said – that it will last a long time. This is how security is instilled in people and businesses.”
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2023-06-27 14:58:00
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