The NATO center in Sofia does not serve the defense policy of Bulgaria –

/ world today news/ I do not think that the CSNS is the body that should determine Bulgaria’s defense policy within NATO. Leading in this regard should be the government, of course with the support of the majority that broadcasts it, and in the parameters of the army and in the technical parameters it should be the Ministry of Defense. This is what BSP MP Valeri Zhablyanov told BNR.

It is clear that, even with these planes that the Bulgarian Air Force has at its disposal, it is absolutely frivolous to talk about effective air defense of the country and protection of its airspace. Either way, this issue cannot be considered outside of Parliament. And the fact that the president, somewhere in Wales, has promised that he will spend some money in the coming years to achieve I don’t know what, is a frivolous business.
The weight of Bulgaria in terms of military presence in NATO is not comparable to the weight of France and Italy, said Zablyanov, who sees no point in the country “trying to become some kind of gendarme in the Balkans and a bridgehead for external aggressions”.
Either way, the ruling majority has obliged Bulgaria with huge sums of money for years to come, let them enter the manufacturing sector. Whether they buy 20 old F-16s or other old weapons, it will not increase the defense capacity of the country.
The NATO center in Sofia does not serve the defense policy of Bulgaria, but that of the entire pact, the socialist pointed out. According to him, our country pays the necessary contributions, for which other countries can make a commitment to its security. Zablanov assessed the information that the Minister of Defense was offered a bribe as “another piece of smoke”.
People’s representative from the Reform Bloc Petar Slavov specified that the program for the development of the armed forces will be discussed in the parliament and commented that the interim government has approved the figures in it.
As for the CSNS, Mr. Zablyanov and the BSP are obviously not happy to be lumped together with Ataka, since they were the only political formations that refused to effectively and constructively join this CSNS.
Article 3 of the Washington Treaty states that each country must develop its defense capabilities, and it is precisely these capabilities of each country that pass collective security, he recalled.
Obviously, if everyone waits for the general, as they once waited for the TKZS or the APC, in the end no one gets the job done and we are all left with unfinished business. This is the meaning of Art. 3 of the Agreement, and Art. 5, where the commitment to collective defense is a function of this Art. 3.
Currently, for lack of choice, huge sums of money are being spent on maintaining Soviet-era MiGs, the politician said. The debt of 16 billion BGN is not relied on to finance the defense capabilities of the army, added the deputy, who proposed that a fund be established for the army, on a model similar to that of the “Silver Fund” and its role to support the pension system, in which funds from the sale of obsolete According to Slavov, NATO can be temporarily entrusted with the protection of our airspace, but:
We cannot rely on partners for everything and forever. We must show our own capacity and commitment to this pact to which we belong. No one owes us anything to do our job.