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Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov, Slovak Defence Minister Glvac Watch Military Exercise in Shabla

Shabla, Northeastern Bulgaria, August 27 (BTA) - Prime Minister
Boyko Borissov Thursday took the salute of the guard of honour
of Shabla 2015, the tactical exercise with combat practice  held
 at the AF training ground in the town of Shabla. The exercise
was also watched by Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev, Slovak
Defence Minister Martin Glvac, ambassadors, military attaches
and foreign observers.

Air Forces Commander Major General Roumen Radev said that the
combat exercise is the biggest one this year for the Bulgarian
Armed Forces. Radev said this is the first exercise at the
Shabla training ground held within the NATO, and the first one
to train all elements of the modern military operation.

More than 750 service people from the Air Forces, 460 from the
Land Forces, more than 200 from the Navy, teams from the
Military Police and the Border Police, along with 60 servicemen
from an air defence division of the Slovak Armed Forces take
part in the exercise.

Borissov gave high marks to the exercise. "I am impressed and
proud of the progress and the performance of our young pilots,"
the Prime Minister told journalists, adding the Bulgarian air
forces are using a new training methodology.

He said that the money necessary for the repair of the Bulgarian
 MiG-2 fighters in Poland fighters will be allocated after a
cooperation agreement is signed.

Defence Minister Nenchev noted that the exercises achieved
excellent results and new techniques were used for the first
time.
   
According to the Slovak Defence Minister Glvac, the exercise
marks the beginning of a more intense cooperation between the
two countries' armed forces. Glvac said that Bulgarian units
will be invited to participate in exercises in Slovakia.

In the exercise were deployed anti-aircraft artillery and
various missile systems, MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 and L-39
aircraft and Mi-17 helicopters.