The government press center announced that by the end of the third quarter of 2009, Bulgaria and Russia will discuss the creation and functionality of a mixed Bulgarian/Russian school which will prepare specialists in the fields of energetics and petroleum industries.

This is included in the schedule of the memorandum for future co-operation between the ministries of education and science of both countries, approved by the Bulgarian government today.

The school can be a mutual technics faculty in the structure of one of Bulgaria’s universities. The document is expected to be signed during the visit of the Bulgarian prime minister Sergei Stanishev in Moscow between April 26th – 28th, during the opening of the Bulgarian industrial and business exhibition. The exhibition is one of the main events of the Year of Bulgaria in Russia (2009).