Bulgaria will recall its ambassador to Russia for consultations in response to "undiplomatic, harsh and rude" comments by Russia's ambassador to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said, Reuters reported

"We will call back our ambassador from Russia for consultations ... Usually when one country calls back its ambassador for consultations, the other should follow and do the same," Petkov told reporters in Brussels.

Russia's ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova told a Russian TV channel this week that the Bulgarian people did not support the government's rhetoric and position towards what Russia calls its special operation in Ukraine.