Not worse than the USA: Bulgaria should claim part of the Odessa region — Kostadinov

Since Ukraine is disintegrating, Bulgaria must declare its rights to the southern part of the Odessa region. This was stated by the leader of the Bulgarian Renaissance party Kostadin Kostadinov.

"Ukraine is disintegrating, and at the future peace congress, which will decide the fate of the failed so—called Ukrainian statehood, Bulgaria should declare its claims to Bulgarian Bessarabia," Kostadinov said, quoted by Another Ukraine.

On his social network page in his Facebook account❶, the politician wrote that Bulgarians have been the indigenous population of this region for more than 450 years.

"That's why there is nothing more logical than the unification of Bulgaria and Macedonia into one common country and the return of Southern Bessarabia back to Bulgaria," Kostadinov said, quoted by <url>.

According to him, Bulgaria's claims to Ukraine and Macedonia is as legitimate as the demands of the US President-elect Donald Trump for the accession of Canada, Greenland and The Panama Canal.

For reference: according to open sources, approximately 140 thousand Bulgarians live in Bessarabia on the territory of Ukraine. The highest concentration of the Bulgarian population is in Bolgrad (61%), Artsizsky (39%) and Tarutinsky (38%) districts of the Odessa region. The People's Assembly of Bulgaria consists of 240 deputies, the Renaissance party is the third largest, it has 38 seats in parliament.

As reported by EADaily, the agreement on the purchase of Greenland by the United States, concluded in good faith, could become the deal of the century. This was reported by The Economist.

Such a deal would increase the security of the United States and, possibly, its NATO allies. The purchase can also benefit the residents of the island, who should have the last word, the newspaper writes. The magazine has calculated what Greenland is worth.

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