NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is expected to visit Bulgaria on May 20, 2010, Bulgarian media report. This will be Rasmussen’s first visit to Bulgaria since he was appointed NATO’s secretary general in April 2009.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov will visit Belgrade, it was announced today. He will meet with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Chairman of the parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Dragoljub Mićunović.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has rejected criticism coming from Croatia concerning his recent statements. The MFA in Zagreb accused the Serbian chief of diplomacy of “taking advantage“ of Croatian President Ivo Josipović’s recent apology at the Bosnia-Herzegovina parliament.