Bucharest acting Mayor Stelian Bujduveanu and Bulgarian officials discussed on Thursday the future of the Solacolu Inn during a meeting that was also attended by the director of the Municipal Administration for the Retrofitting of Quake-Endangered Buildings (AMCCRS) Razvan Munteanu, where they looked at cooperation opportunities, the municipality said in a release.

Stelian Bujduveanu welcomed on Thursday at the headquarters of the Capital City Hall the official delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to Romania headed by ambassador Radko Vlaykov and Deputy Minister of Culture Ashot Kazaryan, on which occasion the subject of the rehabilitation of the Solacolu Inn, a historical monument built by Bulgarian merchants in the 19th century, and which is currently in the conservation phase, was addressed, as well as its transformation into a 'living cultural space', open to both communities.

The sides analyzed the possibility of working out two distinct documents, a Memorandum of Understanding and a potential Cooperation Agreement, which would be then voted on by the General Council and which would officially be binding for both parties.

Also, the intention of the Bucharest Municipality to organize an international competition for solutions for the actual rehabilitation of the inn after the completion of the current structural safety works was emphasized.

The Bulgarian officials previously visited the inn's construction site, together with the AMCCRS team, expressing appreciation for the quality of the intervention works already carried out.

Stelian Bujduveanu emphasized that the Solacolu Inn is 'a priority project for Bucharest' and that the Romanian side has full openness to 'a solid and sustainable partnership'. The initiative implies 'activating a common heritage', with meaning for the present and the future and which goes beyond the mere preservation of a historical monument, the release also states. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Iulia Carciog; EN - writing by: Simona Klodnischi)