Bulgaria Marks 11 Years since NATO Accession

Politics » DEFENSE | April 4, 2015, Saturday // 13:57
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Marks 11 Years since NATO Accession Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev (R) meeting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during his visit to Sofia in January 2015. Photo by BGNES

The flag of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was solemnly raised in front of the Presidency in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Bulgarian President and Bulgarian Armed Forces' Commander-in-Chief Rosen Plevneliev personally received the formation of the guards at the front entrance of his office at 11:00 local time (EEST).

The National Guards carrying <b>NATO</b>'s flag in front of the Bulgarian <b>Presidency</b> in Sofia, April 04, 2015

Bulgaria joined NATO on March 29, 2004, under the government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgaria's last monarch.

The country's accession was part of the biggest-ever expansion of the alliance alongside Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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