Withdrawing the Bulgarian military contingent in Iraq will be a major priority of the coalition between the country's Socialists and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF).

The statement emerged from Angel Naydenov, who was nominated for Bulgaria's next Defence Minister. This is a continuation of a long-term policy on the part of the Socialist parliamentary group, Naydenov told the Bulgarian National Radio.

However, he explained that technical reasons do not allow setting a specific deadline for the withdrawal. In his words, the military's pulling put of Iraq will take place in the fall at the earliest.

The commitment to pull out the Bulgarian troops from Iraq is hardly a surprise for both Bulgarians and European observers, he added.

Bulgaria's election-winning Socialist Party officially presented their proposed Cabinet to the country's President on Sunday. Its leader, Sergey Stanishev, joined by the head of the predominantly ethnic Turkish MRF, Ahmed Dogan, tabled the draft to Georgi Parvanov.

Naydenov, who is currently the Socialist Party's spokesman, was nominated for the next Defence Minister.

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