The crew of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) and an official Bulgarian delegation Wednesday held a minute’s silence in memory of those killed in Tuesday’s pile-ups on the Trakia Motorway. The vessel is in Antalya, Turkiye, for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 31).
An official delegation of Bulgarian participants in COP 31 in Antalya, led by Bulgarian Ambassador to Turkiye Angel Cholakov, visited RSV 421 on Wednesday for a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the pile-ups. Representatives of the Bulgarian Embassy in Ankara, the Environment and Water Ministry and the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute also boarded the ship on the national day of mourning.
The ship’s naval ensign was lowered to half-mast, and the crew and official guests honoured the victims with a minute’s silence.
Cholakov wished the RSV 421 crew a successful voyage during the 35th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition.
On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers declared November 11 a national day of mourning in memory of the victims of the two pile-ups on the Trakia Motorway near the Zimnitsa junction in Yambol Region, which claimed 11 lives and left 51 people injured.
The RSV 421 departed from Varna on November 4 on its fifth voyage to Antarctica, as part of the 35th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. A formal military send-off ceremony was held at the Passenger Terminal of the Port of Varna.
The vessel set course for Antarctica to help support the Bulgarian polar expedition and the research activities at the Bulgarian St Kliment Ohridski Base on Livingston Island. The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna has emphasized that RSV 421’s mission is essential for developing Bulgaria’s polar presence, conducting scientific research and strengthening the country’s role as an active participant in international Antarctic cooperation.
A BTA national press club has been operating aboard RSV 421 since 2022. Media representatives are also taking part in its fifth expedition. They are reporter Simona-Alex Mihaleva and photojournalist Milena Stoykova, who will remain aboard Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii until Antalya.
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