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Bulgaria Set to Draft Special Ops Doctrine along NATO Lines
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Gen. Frank Kisner, NATO Special Operations Commander. Photo by Atlantic Council
Bulgaria's Defense Minister Gen. Anyu Angelov has welcomed in Sofia NATO Special Operations Commander Gen. Frank Kisner.
Gen. Kisner is in Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgaria's Head of Defense Gen. Simeon Simeonov.
Angelov has notified Kisner that Bulgaria's Defense Ministry has taken up drafting a doctrine for the development and use of forces for special operations.
"Your visit comes at a very important moment for us as we have started to implement the Plan for Development of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria approved by the Cabinet at the end of last year," Angelov told the NATO Special Operations Commander.
The Bulgarian Defense Minister has underscored Bulgaria's expectations that NATO's Special Operations Command will create unified standards, procedures, and requirements with respect to the transformation of NATO's capabilities in that field, which would also contribute to the development of the forces for special operations at the national level.
Angelov told the NATO commander that the doctrine for the Bulgarian special operation forces will be in line with existing concepts of the Alliance.
Gen. Kisner has thanked Bulgaria for its support for the transformation of the NATO special operation forces and command. The Bulgarian Defense Ministry has pointed out that Bulgaria is one of the 23 NATO members that supported this project from the start, and is represented with one officer at the NATO Special Operations Command at the moment.
Kisner has emphasized the need to structure and train special operations forces in a way that prepares them to work in a multinational environment, in joint operations. He has vowed a firm commitment on part of the NATO command to the transformation of the forces of Alliance to match the new realities as outline by the North Atlantic Council, the principal decision-making body of the Alliance, and to help the member states improve the expeditionary capabilities of their forces.
Kisner will be meeting with Bulgaria's Head of Defense Gen. Simeon Simeonov, and with representatives of the Bulgarian Army and Navy.
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