President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev received the credentials of Qatar's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Bulgaria HE Rashid bin Ali Al Khater.

     HE the Ambassador conveyed greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, wishing him good health and happiness, and the government and people of the Republic of Bulgaria more progress and prosperity.

      For his part, the President of Bulgaria entrusted HE the Ambassador to convey his greetings to HH the Emir and his wishes to the Qatari people further prosperity and progress.

He wished the Ambassador success in his new duties and in advancing and strengthening the ties of friendship and cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Bulgaria.