The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria hosted in Plovdiv on 14 June 2019, within the framework of the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Office of BSEC, the Meeting of the Ministers in charge of Culture of the BSEC Member States. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mrs. Amelia GESHEVA, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Ministers focused on the role of cultural heritage as an important instrument for regional cooperation among the BSEC Member States and adopted the “Plovdiv Declaration of the Ministers in charge of Culture of the Member States of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation”.