Bulgaria contributes to the European community by maintaining stability on the Balkans, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said at a meeting with German president Horst Koehler on July 4.

Bulgaria is working to establish good co-operation between the EU and countries in the Western Balkans, Stanishev said. He added that this country can contribute to the common success of the EU with its flexibility and capability for development.

Stanishev also said that Bulgaria will continue to work against corruption and organised crime.

Opportunities for further economic and business relations also featured among the topics of discussion.

Koehler said that Germany's relations with Bulgaria are based on good partnership and friendship.

Stanishev thanked Germany for its consistent support for the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of causing mass HIV infection. He said that progress in the efforts to resolve the case has been achieved thanks to the German contribution.