The government approved Thursday a draft agreement with France, whereby French military will come for exercises in Bulgaria. The exercises will be held on the Novo Selo shooting range between October 5 and November 8, 2001. The French side will pay Bulgaria BGN 400,000 for providing facilities for the exercises. The exercise figures on the programme for bilateral cooperation between the two Defence Ministries in 2001, and reflects the growing political commitment of France to Bulgaria in the process of accession to the Euro-Atlantic structures.