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ANALYSIS NEEDED TO DETERMINE BULGARIA'S ARMY MODERNISATION PRIORITIES

Mon, Jul 02 2007 13:51 CET 238 Views

Political decision is needed to determine Bulgaria's army modernisation priorities.

Such decision could be taken during a meeting of the ruling coalition's council, Defence Minister Vesselin Bliznakov said.

Army modernisation could be carried out only if Bulgaria allocated at least 2.6 per cent of its GDP to defence, he said. Provision of funds for modernisation exclusively was unlikely.

Bliznakov said that the ministry wanted to see the involvement of Bulgarian companies in planning, execution and monitoring of army modernisation projects. The ministry was now acting only as purchaser or client, an attitude that had to change.

On July 2, Bliznakov attended a forum on Bulgarian and Italian defence industry. Representatives of the two countries signed a co-operation memorandum in the sphere.

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