site.btaUPDATED PM Glavchev Reaffirms Bulgaria's Position to Not Send Troops to Ukraine Ahead of NATO Summit

Bulgaria's position at the NATO Summit in Washington D.C. is clear, the Government will not go beyond the National Assembly's decisions and will not send troops to Ukraine, caretaker Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dimitar Glavchev told Bulgarian journalists in Washington on Tuesday ahead of his participation in the NATO Summit.

Glavchev reiterated that Bulgaria's pledge to provide EUR 80 million to Ukraine is a political decision and has no legally binding character. This amount is in line with Bulgaria's gross domestic product as a NATO member, he noted.

The Prime Minister condemned Monday's Russian missile strike in Ukraine that partially destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv and killed dozens of people on the eve of the NATO Summit. 

Bulgaria is ready to host peace talks on the war in Ukraine, Glavchev said. At the same time, the prime minister conceded that this was unlikely, as Russia would not agree to it. Moreover, neither side in the conflict has offered Bulgaria to host such talks, he added.

The three-day NATO Summit will be held in the US capital from July 9 to 11. The agenda will be dominated by support for Ukraine, reinforcing NATO's collective defence and its Eastern flank and NATO members' defence industries.