site.btaState Intelligence Agency Awards Omani Counterpart for Safe Return of Bulgarian Sailors

State Intelligence Agency (SIA) Chief Antoan Gechev awarded the head of Oman's intelligence service with the agency's highest award, the Gold Star, for particularly great services related to national security, the SIA said Thursday. 

Oman's intelligence service, as an important strategic partner of the SIA in the region, played a key role in the negotiation process and logistics of the release of the Bulgarian sailors from the crew of the Galaxy Leader.

The award was presented in the Omani capital, Muscat, in appreciation of the personal commitment of the head of the Omani intelligence service and his team in resolving issues of various nature over the past months leading to the release of the crew, the SIA said.