site.btaDeputy Defence Minister to Participate in Defence Ministers of SE Europe Forum in Turkiye

Deputy Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov is leaving on Tuesday for a three-day visit to Turkiye, the Defence Ministry reported on Monday. Zapryanov will take part in the annual meeting of defence ministers of the South Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial member states, which will be held from November 21 to 23 in Ankara.

The forum will discuss progress made and opportunities for further development of the initiative, prospects for the activities of the South-Eastern Europe Brigade, as well as other issues of regional security and defence cooperation.

On Thursday, Zapryanov will participate in a trilateral discussion with senior defence ministry officials from Romania and Turkiye on a draft Memorandum of Understanding on the launch of a naval mine countermeasures operation in the Black Sea.