Will Bulgaria Send Troops to Ukraine? Acting PM Clarifies (UPDATED)

Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev addressed the National Assembly regarding Bulgaria's stance at the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, USA. The session, requested to be classified by "There Is Such a People" (TISP) chairman Toshko Yordanov, focused on Bulgaria's unvoted commitments for the summit, deemed crucial for national sovereignty.

Glavchev emphasized in an open session before the meeting was classified that Bulgarian troops will not be deployed to Ukraine. He assured the public that such a topic has not been on the agenda nor will it be considered.

The details of Bulgaria's position at the NATO summit are classified and cannot be disclosed, according to government officials. Recently, Glavchev announced that the information would be placed in the Secret Registry of the Parliament, accessible to all MPs interested in reviewing it.

"There is nothing worrisome in the position, Bulgaria's national interests have been taken into account, as well as allied interests", he assured.

Before that, Kornelia Ninova from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) demanded that the acting Prime Minister Glavchev and the acting Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov either declassify the document with the position, or that the session of the parliament be closed. "We cannot discuss classified information", Ninova explained, but noted that the document was read in the secret office by only 12 deputies. According to her, closing the meeting would increase the fears of dragging the country into war.

"The contracts with the other NATO member countries are secret and cannot be declassified", Glavchev explained. "We are a caretaker government and I thought the position should be discussed in the National Assembly<...