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News Brief: Bulgarian Ambassador Visits IRLA Headquarters

July 8, 2003

Silver Spring, Maryland, Unted States

Jonathan Gallagher/ANN Staff
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The Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States affirmed the importance of religious freedom at the headquarters of the International Religious Liberty Association during a meeting with Seventh-day Adventist church leaders July 8.

The Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Elena Borislava Poptodorova, affirmed the importance of religious freedom at the headquarters of the International Religious Liberty Association during a meeting with Seventh-day Adventist church leaders July 8. Questioned over the country’s recent law on religion, Poptodorova noted objections to two aspects, and stated her expectation and hope that even these partial inadequacies of this legislation will be addressed.

During the July 8 meeting, the ambassador also met with Dr. Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In his comments, Paulsen said he “honored and respected the Bulgarias Christian heritage that gives inner strength to the nation, and for the liberty extended to religious minorities, including Adventists, to share and witness.”

Jonathan Gallagher/ANN Staff

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