Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov referred to the “winds of change” in the southern neighborhood of Europe, stressing that Europe must share its democratic transition experience. This is why Bulgaria organised last May in its capital the Sofia Platform, a conference in which took part governmental and non-governmental representatives from Arab countries, Europe and the US. Minister Mladenov also supported the proposal by PACE President Çavuşoğlu to hold a new Council of Europe Summit. This is justified he said by major developments such as the forthcoming accession of the EU to the Human Rights Convention, the ongoing reform process of the Organisation and the remarkable changes under way in the Arab world.