OREANDA-NEWS. August 28, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov by telephone at the Bulgarian Prime Minister's request.

During their conversation, the two leaders exchanged opinions on pressing issues of trade and economic cooperation, including on bilateral energy cooperation.

Putin and Borisov also agreed to meet in Gdansk on September 1, during the international observances of the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, and to decide on a date for a regular session of the bilateral Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the near future.