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Bulgarian army donates protective clothing to North Macedonia

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The Bulgarian Defence Ministry has donated medical clothes and protective masks to the army in North Macedonia. The gratuitous assistance was agreed between the defence ministers of the two countries Krasimir Karakachanov and Radmila Shekerinska. Bulgaria is donating to the Macedonian military medical workers high-quality and professional personal protective equipment in the conditions of state of emergency over Covid-19. The first 100 sets have already been handed over at Gyueshevo-Deve Bair border crossing, another 200 are yet to be donated. 



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