Sofia, June 11 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid a visit to Bulgaria and interacted with the senior leadership with discussions focused on bilateral cooperation, partnership between India and the European Union and what the two countries can do together going forward.

He shared the details in his press remarks after the meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart, Velislava Petrova-Chamova.

Jaishankar noted how India and Bulgaria have longstanding ties with the task now at hand to "refashion that into a contemporary and forward-looking relationship".

He underlined India offers great opportunities and said, "India's growing at 7-8 % annually offers many new opportunities." He listed that within India, opportunities exist in sect...