Bulgaria: Military Alliances
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) military and (b) other defence cooperation with Bulgaria.
Answered by Al Carns
The UK continues to share a strong Defence relationship with Bulgaria, and greatly values Bulgaria’s continued leadership in the region as a Black Sea nation. We cooperate deeply on matters of shared interest, undertaking a range of bilateral activities through education, exercising and expertise exchange. Recently, this included on Exercise STEADFAST DART which practiced the first deployment of the Allied Reaction Force operating through Bulgaria, demonstrating NATO readiness to rapidly reinforce the Eastern Flank. UK-Bulgaria defence cooperation is reviewed annually by our respective Ministries of Defence.
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