BULGARIAN SS-23 MISSILES WILL BE DESTROYED

Politics | December 6, 2001, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgarian SS-23 missiles to be destroyed was decided at a secret meeting of the Cabinet last week, Defense Minister Svinarov told journalists. The Defense Ministry and the US State Department will fund the enterprise. Svinarov underscored that the purpose is the missiles to be be destroyed simultaneously with changing the missiles with better modern ones, provided by the United States. US daily Washington Times published an article on December 6th on the working visit of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy to the United States. “Bulgaria, hoping to bolster its chances of becoming a NATO member next year, told the United States yesterday that it would destroy dozens of SS-23 and Scud missiles it had kept since the Cold War, “ the article reads.

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