In the International day of astronautics took place the ceremony devoted to the first flight of the person in space. Festive actions took place at a monument to the first astronaut of Earth Gagarin Youri Alekseevich in Bankya.
In celebrations members of diplomatic missions Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, deputies of People's assembly Bulgaria, the staff of Representation federal agency for Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots living abroad, and on International humanitarian cooperation in Republic of Bulgaria, representatives of the Bulgarian public organizations, the creative and scientific intellectuals. The Plenipotentiary Ambassador Russian Federation in Bulgaria Makarov Anatoly opened a ceremony. In the congratulation with the International day of astronautics it noted that piloted flight by Gagarin Youri Alekseevich, was glorified in centuries by the human genius and courage and gave start new high achievements in the field of development of near-earth space.
"At the same time last "star" decades provedwhat exactly the international interaction in this area is the engine which lifts our knowledge and experience up to the astronomical heights. For example, thanks to the Soviet Intercosmos program, the first Bulgarian satellite was started and the first flight of the Bulgarian astronaut Ivanov Georgy which made Bulgaria the sixth space power in the world took place. And today Russian Federation and Bulgaria continue collaboration already in multilateral formats, including within the Russian-European research mission of "Ekzomars", - Makarov Anatoly told.
the Official part of a holiday specially prepared literary and musical program in Russian performed by the Bulgarian school students and pupils of the senior classes of school at Embassy continued Russian Federation to Bulgaria.
the ceremony and flowers to a monument to Gagarin Youri Alekseevich Came to the end with wreath-laying with.
