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MPs override president's veto on donation of armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine

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Parliament overrode President Rumen Radev's veto on the law ratifying the agreement with Ukraine on the free provision of armoured personnel carriers. GERB-SDS, PP-DB, MRF and There is Such a People voted against the veto on the donation of 100 armoured personnel carriers, while BSP and Vazrazhdane voted in favour.

The agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine was signed on 8 August 2023 in Sofia and on 13 November 2023 in Kiev.



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