"My request to the Bulgarian ambassadors is to show full commitment to the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union," Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva told journalists after the official opening of the Annual Ambassadorial Conference in Sofia.

Ambassadors from all over the world gathered in the Military Club in Sofia to get acquainted with the priorities of the government personally by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his ministers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Minister Zaharieva pointed out that the foreign policy priorities of this presidency are the Western Balkans, the Danube Strategy and the Black Sea region. "Minister Zaharieva added that it was very important for our diplomacy to be practical and economic-oriented.