Bulgaria should be invited to NATO because nationalism is alien to it, the country has stable and undisputed borders with its neighbours and treats ethnic minorities well, said Czech Senate Speaker Petr Pithart Tuesday after meeting in Sofia with National Assembly Speaker Ognian Gerdjikov, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and President Georgi Purvanov.

Bulgaria would cope with the reform of its armed forces as well, said Pithart. Although an election campaign is underway in the Czech Republic, the Czech parliamentarians visited Bulgaria to familiarise themselves with the situation before the Prague summit.

The speaker of the Czech Senate voiced his country’s interest to participate in the construction of Belene NPP. Pithart said the Czech Republic had experience both in the construction of NPPs and in resolving problems related to them with neighbouring countries.