“We are united in our assessment of this inadmissible and fratricidal war between two fraternal Slavic peoples, as well as in our joint call for its immediate cessation and peace through the efforts of diplomacy.
This war is not only causing destruction, not only great suffering for the people, it is a threat to international security and order. “.
This was stated by President Rumen Radev in a statement after the meeting with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda at Dondukov 2. The Polish President is on a working visit to Bulgaria today, BTA reported.
“Europe’s security system, which has been built for decades, is collapsing before our eyes.
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine raises the issue of our security and
here we, together with Poland, are united in our efforts to strengthen the Alliance’s eastern flank, to create the necessary conditions for the implementation of step-by-step response plans depending on the degree of threats, “said President Radev.
He said the formation of multinational battle groups is only part of that effort.
“However, this does not negate the enormous responsibility we have been reminded of by many Bulgarian governments – to build and develop our own defense capacity. Bulgaria cannot be part of the Alliance’s new defense concept without real and modern defense capabilities,” he said. President Radev.
It also became clear from Rumen Radev’s statement that the two presidents had agreed
expert teams to immediately discuss the possibility of assisting Bulgaria in the maintenance of the MiG-29 with the capabilities of Polish industry and the Air Force. Radev thanked President Duda for this readiness.
“The years of neglecting the problems of defense in Bulgaria have led to a certain deficit of capabilities
and this requires urgent measures to overcome it “, said Rumen Radev and added that these are questions he asked the last CIS. The head of state said that
The problem with fighter aircraft is especially critical in our country,
where the resource of aircraft engines expires by the end of this year, and the operational readiness of the F-16 squadron to be on combat duty can be expected eventually around 2030.
“If we do not take urgent, urgent action in this regard,
we risk “burying” our 110-year-old military aviation, praying to our neighbors to take on our commitments, losing air sovereignty, abdicating our allied obligations, and compromising the F-16 acquisition itself because there will be no who should fly on it and serve it “, said Rumen Radev.
The President also said that our country cannot be part of the new defense concept of the Alliance without real and modern defense capabilities.
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