Bulgaria considers signing security agreement with Ukraine

ATHENS

Bulgaria is considering signing a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, following the recent trend observed among many European countries, said a report on Monday.

“Bulgaria is discussing the signing of a bilateral security agreement, but it must first be approved by the National Assembly," said Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, according to public broadcaster Radio Bulgaria.

He said that Bulgarian government and the parliamentary majority have been working to ensure maximum political, military, diplomatic, humanitarian and material support for Ukraine.

Zelenskyy, for his part, thanked Bulgaria for its support and revealed that Ukraine was interested in joint production in the defense sector, which he said would provide both jobs for Bulgaria and meet needs of Ukraine.

According to Radio Bulgaria, the meeting also addressed the enhancement of bilateral cooperation in the energy, infrastructure, and logistics sectors.

Zelenskyy said last Wednesday that his country is preparing for new security agreements with its partners. The conflict with Russia entered its third year on Saturday.

Since the start of the year, Ukraine has signed 10-year security agreements with the UK, France, Denmark, Italy, Canada and Germany to deepen defense cooperation and support for the country.

The agreements follow a G7 declaration at a NATO summit last July that it is launching negotiations with Kyiv to formalize its "enduring support" for Ukraine through "bilateral security commitments and arrangement.”