Ambassador Jim O'Brien arrives on Monday

The Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the US Department of State - Ambassador Jim O'Brien, is arriving in Sofia on Monday. That was announced by the Justice Minister in the caretaker cabinet Krum Zarkov on NOVA. He stated he expected more names of Bulgarian citizens to be added to the sanctions "Magnitsky" list.

On Friday O'Brien said that the sanctions imposed by his country aim to support the judicial reform in Bulgaria. The ambassador pointed out that the sanctions were imposed in solidarity with the EU, which has insisted on reform of the Bulgarian judicial system.

Редактор: Маргарита Стоянчева