Prime Minister Boyko Borissov conferred in Ankara on Monday evening with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss opportunities for overcoming the tension caused by the increased migrant flow from Turkey to the EU in recent days and the measures for de-escalating the tension in Syria. The two gave a joint news conference after the meeting, during which Erdogan slammed the EU for failing to share the refugee burden with Turkey.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and a delegation led by him arrived in Greece for the fourth meeting of the Council for High-level Cooperation between the governments of Bulgaria and Greece. In Alexandroupolis Borissov was welcomed by Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson is on a working visit to Bulgaria for talks with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov, and other officials. Meeting Johansson, Borissov said, quoted by the government's information service, that migration is a priority topic for Bulgaria and at the moment the country successfully manages the migratory pressure.

On Monday Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew A. Palmer. Borissov is quoted as saying that Bulgaria and the United States are allies and strategic partners, and that the cooperation between the two countries continues to expand not only in the bilateral ties but also in NATO and within the EU-US relations.

Bulgarian Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev held a working meeting on Wednesday in Brussels with Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, the Prosecuting Magistracy said in a press release Thursday.

Climate change topped the agenda of Wednesday's meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said the Government Information Service. Borissov is paying a two-day working visit to Brussels.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters that the President's statement disunited the nation. Borissov noted: "The President has not lent me confidence and there is no way he can strip me of it. This statement is a direct interference in the separation of powers - precisely the opposite of what he is saying."

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Thursday conferred with his Italian counterpart, Giuseppe Conte, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Borissov, the Government Information Service said.

Meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said, as quoted by the Government Information Service: “The real breakthrough achieved in the political contacts between Bulgaria and Egypt in the last two years can bring about new practical manifestations of cooperation in all areas.”

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa opened a high-level Bulgaria-US Strategic Dialogue in Sofia on 8 January. Participating is a US delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central European Affairs and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Matthew Boyse.