Bulgaria, Israel Restore Diplomatic Ties
Israel and Bulgaria restored diplomatic relations Thursday after a 23-year break and signed an economic cooperation agreement.
Bulgaria and other East Bloc countries broke relations with Israel after the 1967 Six-Day War, and only Moscow has not restored diplomatic ties in the wake of the democratic reforms that have swept Eastern Europe.
Foreign ministers Moshe Arens of Israel and Boiko Dimitrov of Bulgaria signed the agreement to resume relations and a protocol on economic cooperation that covers air service, communications, tourism, agriculture, investments and banking.
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