Upon invitation by Ms Dzhema Marinova Grozdanova, Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, Chairperson of the Committee on International Relations and Emigrants Mr Miodrag Vuković participated in the Conference of the Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees on Foreign Affairs of the Council of Europe Member States, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 8 February 2016. 

The main topic of the Conference, which is organised within Bulgarian presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe by the Foreign Policy Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, was Democratic Security Based on European Unity and Cooperation”. 

Within three sessions, the participants discussed challenges and dilemmas regarding freedom and security and Europe, Schengen, and perspectives of the SEE countries, migration wave and management of crisis caused by that wave, as well as the security challenges of migration crisis.