Albanian President Bujar Nishani is decorated by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev, with the highest order of the Republic of Bulgaria "Stara Planina", with the motivation "for his contribution to strengthening and developing Bulgarian-Albanian relations".
President Nishani thanked the President of Bulgaria for the appreciation and gratitude and said that relations between the two countries and the friendship between Albanian and Bulgarian are traditional relationships that due to common Euro-Atlantic values today have taken new dimensions.The Head of State also expressed gratitude for the continued support that Bulgaria has given to Albania's European integration process.
President Nishani assured Bulgarian President Plevneliev to Albania's willingness to further develop and strengthen friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries on mutual benefit but also for the entire region of Southeast Europe.
This is the second medal at this level the President of the Republic, Sh.T.Z. Bujar Nishani gets, after the "Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight of Grand Cross" given to him by the President of the Italian Republic in 2014, in recognition of the merits of in further strengthening the deep ties friendship and cooperation between the two countries and peoples.