Text size

Bulgarian government approves that Turkish military planes can fly over Bulgaria

published on 1/26/24 10:52 AM

Photo: EPA/BGNES

For the first time, Bulgaria will allow Turkish fighter jets to fly into the Bulgarian airspace. The government approved a memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Turkey for cross-border air policing operations. The agreement must be approved by law by Parliament.

Bulgaria has long had such agreements with Romania and Greece.

In 2018, the State of the Armed Forces Report announced that Bulgaria was also negotiating with Turkey for cross-border air operations. This caused a scandal and no agreement was reached then.

The idea of the agreements is that when an enemy plane enters near the airspace of one of the countries, fighter jets on duty from only one of the countries are raised. The agreement with Ankara will allow Turkish fighter jets to fly over Bulgarian airspace. The same applies to Bulgarian planes, which will be able to fly over Turkey in pursuit of an offender.

Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!

Radio Bulgaria News airspace fighter jets Turkey Turkish fighter jets

More from category

Bulgarian-African Chamber of Commerce to develop relations with the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Representatives of the Bulgarian-African Chamber of Commerce visited the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and met with its President Tsvetan Simeonov. Albena Jones, Dimitar Turlakov, and Anton Samsonov are among the founders of..

published on 2/19/25 9:08 AM

Ministry of Foreign Affairs cautions Bulgarians on severe weather in Canada

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Bulgarian citizens traveling or residing in Canada keep themelselves well-informed about the current weather conditions, and regularly check the status of their flights. The Canadian Meteorological..

published on 2/19/25 8:55 AM

Ministry of Finance releases 2025 draft budget

The Ministry of Finance published the 2025 draft budget and the medium-term budget forecast for the 2025-2028 period. The projected deficit for 2025 is up to 6.4 billion BGN (EUR 3.3 billion), which is 3% of GDP. Expenditures will not exceed 40% of..

published on 2/19/25 8:42 AM