According to Russia's TASS, Belgium's "European Dynamic Network", the Bulgarian foreign minister said on 20 local time that the country is willing to provide facilities for Russian President Putin's special aircraft to fly across its airspace, in order to facilitate Putin's meeting with U.S. President Trump in Budapest later this month.

"When all parties are working to achieve peace, if holding such a meeting is a prerequisite, then the most logical thing to do is to promote it through all possible means." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev told Bulgarian National Radio during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg,"If one of the participants is unable to make it, how will the meeting be held?"

"European Dynamic Network" quoted a Bulgarian official as saying that at present, Russia has not formally made a request for Putin's special plane to fly over Bulgarian airspace.

"Ukraine Pravda" previously quoted the aviation news website "airlive" as reporting that due to EU sanctions and the EU's ban on Russian government special jets flying over its airspace after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Putin's special plane was unable to fly over the airspace of most EU member states, so it may detour south and travel to Hungary via Turkish and Serbian airspace. Compared with the approximately 1500-kilometer-long route that does not require detours, the distance of the diversion route may be as long as approximately 5000 kilometers, increasing the flight time by approximately 3 hours.

According to the European Dynamic Network, Bulgaria does not have a border with Hungary, but both countries have a border with Serbia. If you fly through Bulgaria to Budapest, Hungary, the flight time can be significantly shortened. Another viable route that does not pass through EU countries or Ukrainian airspace will have to cross the Mediterranean Sea, then fly over Montenegro or Albania, and finally reach Budapest through Serbia.

Trump posted on social media on the 16th that he had a long phone call with Putin that day, mainly discussing issues such as ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict and subsequent Russia-US trade. The two sides will hold a face-to-face meeting in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. As for why the Russia-US leaders 'meeting was held in Budapest, according to reports from RIA Novosti and Russian newspaper Izvestia, Kremlin spokesman Peskov responded on the 20th that Hungarian Prime Minister Orban and the leaders of the United States and Russia The good relations are the reason why Budapest became the venue for this summit.