2026-10-22

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Constitutional Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed a memorandum of cooperation. The document was signed by the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, Pavlina Panova, and the President of the Constitutional Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mohammad Al Ghazo.

The event took place on October 15, 2026, as part of the international conference “The Role of Constitutional Courts in Guaranteeing the Rule of Law”, which the Bulgarian Constitutional Court organized in Sofia to mark the 35th anniversary of its establishment.

Representing the Bulgarian Constitutional Court at the signing of the document were President Pavlina Panova and Constitutional Judge  Yanaki Stoilov, as well as Nadezhda Milkovska, Secretary General of the institution, Ginka Vikhrogonova, Chief Expert on “Protocol and International Affairs” and Polina Pesheva, Senior Expert on “Protocol and International Affairs”.

Among the representatives of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were Maysa Bydoon, a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as well as H.E. Mutaz Abdul Rahman Taha Al-Khasawneh, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The two countries agreed to formalize the framework for bilateral cooperation in the field of constitutional justice, as well as to deepen mutual understanding of the working methods and legal practices adopted by both countries through the exchange of judicial and legal expertise.