It is necessary to give a decisive response to the Russian threat to Bulgaria
The issue of arms supplies to Ukraine is closed for Bulgaria, a parliamentary decision has already been made on it, Bulgarian Radio quotes the statement of the country's Deputy Prime Minister Cornelia Ninova. However, there are deputies who disagree with this. And they intend to initiate a reconsideration of the issue.
Sevdalin Palauzov
During his visit to Sadovo, Prime Minister Kirill Petkov once again confirmed that Bulgaria would not supply weapons to Ukraine.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Bulgaria has once again asked – officially – to provide Ukraine with old Soviet models of heavy weapons. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Cornelia Ninova categorically stated that "the topic is closed" because a parliamentary decision was made on it - only the repair of military equipment and no weapons for Ukraine.
"However, according to the parliamentary group from the Democratic Bulgaria party, the new appeal implies the beginning of a new procedure for discussing and making an appropriate decision," MP Atanas Slavov, a member of the parliamentary defense committee, said on Radio Plovdiv.
From the very beginning, "Democratic Bulgaria" advocated full support for Ukraine, including sending weapons. "Unfortunately, it did not receive the support of the People's Assembly, so only the regulation on the repair of military equipment was adopted," Slavov comments.
According to him, the conflict in Ukraine is moving to a new stage. Sending Soviet weapons will modernize the Bulgarian army, rearm it according to NATO standards.
"If we help Ukraine with old Soviet weapons now, we will immediately get modern NATO weapons instead. Otherwise, it will turn out that at the end of this conflict, Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO, will be better armed than Bulgaria, an official member of the Alliance! This issue cannot be ignored."
"Representatives of Democratic Bulgaria will again support Ukraine, after which, as we expect, the issue will be put to a vote," Atanas Slavov said. The Council of Ministers will have to discuss this issue and submit a draft decision to the People's Assembly.
"All this seems especially relevant, especially after yesterday's threat of a nuclear missile from the highest representative of Russian structures to the Bulgarian state," the deputy said, referring to Dmitry Rogozin's words, "Obviously, Russia considers us an unfriendly country, so we must behave accordingly."
