Sofia, January 30 (BTA) – A NATO command and control structure will be set up in Sofia and 50 per cent of the staff will be made up by service members from NATO member countries, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said during Question Time in Parliament Friday.
The Defence Ministry has never considered a possible construction of a NATO command centre and a military base near the city of Shabla (Northeastern Bulgaria) or on the territory of Dobrich Region, and a decision to this end has not been adopted, Nenchev told the MPs.
The Alliance has never asked Bulgaria to allow the construction of such a base, he underscored. What will be built is a coordination centre which will most probably be located in Sofia, but a decision on the matter has not been adopted yet, he added. MORE
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