Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin arrived in New York for participation in the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, BTA reports.

A Bulgarian delegation, including Deputy Foreign Minister Todor Chourov, will take part in a series of multilateral forums and bilateral meetings within the session from September 24 to 30, the Information, PR and European Communication Directorate with the Foreign Ministry told BTA Monday.

On Monday Kalfin will take part in the High-Level Event on Climate Change. He will make a statement within a plenary meeting on mitigating the consequences from global warming. His schedule also includes lunch with the representatives of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (Poland, Indonesia, Kenya and Denmark).