Political and social-economic issues on the agenda of the Romanian-Bulgarian high-level meetings, 1965-1985
Political and social-economic issues on the agenda of the Romanian-Bulgarian high-level meetings, 1965-1985

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to discuss the main points on the agenda of the Romanian-Bulgarian high-level meetings in the period 1965-1985 and is based mainly on Romanian archival documents. During their frequent meetings, Nicolae Ceaușescu and Todor Zhivkov addressed topics such as the domestic policies of the two countries; the Romanian-Bulgarian bilateral relations (political, economic, cultural and scientific); issues on the international agenda such as the collaboration in the Balkans and with other socialist countries, with the member states of the international organizations of the communist block - W.T.O. and COMECON; European security; disarmament; the international communist and labour movement etc. The two leaders paid a special attention to the bilateral talks, and sincerely intended to strengthen the collaboration between their countries. Since their first meeting, occasioned by Nicolae Ceaușescu's official visit to Bulgaria in September 1965, the idea of broadening the Romanian-Bulgarian relations by strengthening the mutual trust dominated all meetings between the two leaders, being reiterated each time. The differences of opinion on some issues on the international agenda were naturally determined by the different historical conditions in which the two countries evolved.

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