Turkey Backs Mark Rutte for NATO Secretary General Role
Turkey has thrown its support behind outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the position of NATO Secretary General,
Bulgaria begins withdrawing its contingent in Afghanistan on March 1, 2013.
The Cabinet will pass a decision at its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday to end part of the country's participation in the NATO International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, operation.
The Bulgarian medical team has been withdrawing from Herat since December 31, 2012, while the company guarding the security zone at the airport in Kabul will start withdrawing on March 1. The team of instructors will be withdrawing beginning March 31.
The decision for withdrawal comes under the strategy approved by the Council of Ministers at the end of 2011 for transforming Bulgaria's military's participation in the ISAF operation.
Bulgaria will continue to maintain until 2014 a headquarters in Afghanistan, a company for guarding the security area of the Kandahar airport, and teams of advisors for local security forces. Only the latter will remain in the country after 2014.
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Bulgaria's Defense Minister, Atanas Zapryanov, affirmed that the reintroduction of mandatory conscription is not under consideration amidst the country's ongoing efforts to modernize its armed forces and enhance military personnel remuneration.
In response to ongoing staffing challenges within the Bulgarian army, the caretaker government is exploring alternative solutions, with military training for security personnel emerging as a potential strategy
Bulgaria's Parliament has taken a significant step towards acquiring eight multi-role F-16 Block 70 aircraft and associated support by ratifying Amendment No. 2 to the Letter of Agreement (LOA) BU-D-SAB.
In an announcement made on Friday, Flotilla Admiral Georgi Penev, Deputy Commander of the Bulgarian Navy, revealed plans for significant upgrades and modernization within the naval forces
Specialists from the United States have conducted an inspection of the repair work at Bulgaria's air base near Graf Ignatievo
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