On the recordNovember 22, 1999
Bulgaria's pragmatic President, Petar Stoyanov, publicly apologized for his country's behavior toward its ethnic Turks at the time when the country was under communist rule.
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Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos: “Bulgaria's pragmatic President, Petar Stoyanov, publicly apologized for his country's behavior toward its ethnic Turks…”
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Apology for past treatment of ethnic Turks.
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