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SOFIA – The main opposition contender in Bulgaria’s presidential election vowed on Oct. 24 to seek better relations with Russia and a lifting of European Union sanctions against Moscow that he called harmful to both sides.

Rumen Radev, a former air force commander, also said in an interview with Reuters that he would pursue a balanced foreign policy taking into account Bulgaria’s membership in NATO and the EU but based on national interest.

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