More than 120 military subdivions, included in Bulgaria’s Action Plan for NATO entry, will not be closed, but restructured, so that they may participate in the Alliance’s missions, Stanimir Ilchev, Chairman of the Foreign Policy, Defence and Security Committee, said. All officers in these units will speak English and will be trained under special program making them compatible with NATO structures. The Chairman of the parliamentary committee was on the delegation, accompanying Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg on his official visit to the US and attended the meeting with President Bush. He also assured of the fast and adequate actions the committee will undertake in case the memorandum on SS-23 missiles dismantling needs to be ratified. Bulgaria must destroy its SS-23 missiles by October 30, 2002, according to a special declaration, approved by Parliament on December 19, 2001. The New NATO is the title of the lecture Bruce Jackson, President of the US Committee on NATO, will deliver during the Alliance’s parliamentary Assembly in Sofia at end – May. Norway’s Foreign Minister Jan Petersen will talk about the challenges in the relations between NATO and Russia, while Poland’s representative from the Centre for International Relations will discuss the topic of NATO and Euro Atlantic security.

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