FRANCE: BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ZHIVKOV ARRIVES IN PARIS ON FIRST TRIP TO WESTERN COUNTRY SINCE WAR

Record ID: 402562

  • Title: FRANCE: BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ZHIVKOV ARRIVES IN PARIS ON FIRST TRIP TO WESTERN COUNTRY SINCE WAR
  • Date: 12th October 1966
  • Summary: 1. GV PLANE TAXIES IN 0.05 2. GV WELCOMING PARTY WALKS FORWARD 0.07 3. LV MR. ZHIVKOV AND PARTY STEP FROM PLANE AND GREETED 0.16 4. GV PRESSMEN 0.18 5. GV ZHIVKOV AND OFFICIAL WALK TO GUARD OF HONOUR 0.27 6. GV GUARD OF HONOUR 0.31 7. GV ZHIVKOV INSPECTS GUARD OF HONOUR(2SHOTS) 0.43 8. GV ZHIVKOV SALUTES GUARD OF HONO
  • Embargoed: 27th October 1966 12:00
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  • Location: NICE, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA2L6M4BNQTSLA20GRZRSFR70Z3
  • Story Text: FRENCH PLANS TO FORGE STRONGER LINKS WITH EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE BEING ADVANCED AT TALKS IN PARIS BETWEEN PRESIDENT DE GAULLE AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA, MR. TUDOR ZHIVKOW. THE BULGARIAN LEADER, PAYING HIS FIRST VISIT TO A WESTERN COUNTRY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, ARRIVED IN PARIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER ARRIVING AT NICE ON MONDAY.

    ON HIS ARRIVAL AT NICE, MR. ZHIVKOV EMPHASISED HIS COUNTRY'S DESIRES TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH FRANCE IN THE INTERESTS OF PEACE, AND ADDED: "BULGARIA HOLDS IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM THE EFFORTS OF FRANCE, AND PARTICULARLY OF GENERAL DE GAULLE, TO STRENGTHEN PEACE IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD." HIS TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER FRENCH LEADERS WILL INCLUDE TRADE, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND BULGARIA.

    MR. ZHIVKOV, WHO IS ALSO FIRST SECRETARY OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY, WILL BE IN FRANCE FOR A WEEK. HIS VISIT RETURNS A BRIEF VISIT TO SOFIA THIS SUMMER BY M. COUVE DE MURVILLE, THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER.
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