Bulgaria temporarily relocates its embassy from Iran to Azerbaijan

The Bulgarian embassy in Iran will temporarily continue its work from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said, Report informs via Bulgarian media.

"We are not closing the embassy (in Iran, ed.), but relocating it to Baku until the danger subsides," the prime minister said.

Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced that Budapest had decided to temporarily move its embassy from Iran to Azerbaijan amid the escalation in the Middle East.