The Director General of the National Customs Agency, Nikolay Shushkov, participated in another working meeting of the heads of the customs administrations of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Türkiye, held on the 09.10.2026, at the Hamzabeyli border checkpoint, also known as the Lesovo border checkpoint.
At the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation between customs administrations, as well as expanding and increasing capacity at border crossings between the two countries in the face of ever-increasing traffic, especially trucks.
The Turkish delegation was led by Deputy Trade Minister and Head of the Turkish Customs Administration Sezai Uçarmak. He was also accompanied by Mustafa Gümüş, Director-General of the Turkish Customs DG.
The Director General of the National Customs Agency, Nikolay Shushkov, noted that these meetings have already become regular and that the cooperation between the two customs administrations can be an example of good cooperation, noted Nikolay Shushkov, who again emphasized the ongoing repair of the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint and the project for a future specialized point for heavy traffic, “Kapitan Andreevo – North”, as well as the upcoming reconstructions of the Lesovo and Malko Tarnovo border crossings, which are also part of the measures to improve the border infrastructure.
The project for the reconstruction of the Lesovo border checkpoint envisages doubling the routes for cargo cars and the throughput of the checkpoint. By mutual agreement with the Turkish customs administration, freight road vehicles up to 3.5 tons carrying goods are already being processed at the Malko Tarnovo border checkpoint, Nikolay Shushkov noted. He specified that repairs at border crossings will be carried out in stages and will not hinder traffic.
The cooperation with the Bulgarian customs is very important for us, pointed out the Deputy Minister of Trade and Head of the Turkish Customs Administration, Sezai Uçarmak, and expressed gratitude to the National Customs Agency for the good joint work.
Together with the Director General of the National Customs Agency, the Director of the Burgas Customs Territorial Directorate Ivan Panayotov, the Heads of the Lesovo CP Radostina Sachanova and of the Kapitan Andreevo CP Georgi Gospodinov, the Head of the Malko Tarnovo CP Georgi Cheshitev, as well as the Director of the International Affairs Directorate Ginka Konyarska participated in the meeting.