Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet asks Parliament to ratify air policing deal with Türkiye
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet agreed on July 31 to ask the National Assembly to ratify a memorandum of understanding on cross-border air space security operations between Bulgaria and Türkiye, the government information service said.
Bulgaria is carrying out peacetime duties within the framework of the Nato Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS), in accordance with the requirements of Nato regulatory documents, the statement said.
Cross-border airspace security operations are conducted by duty fighters of one country in the air space of a neighbouring country on the basis of a memorandum of understanding concluded between the governments of the two Nato member countries, it said.
Bulgaria has signed memoranda of understanding and conducts such cross-border airs pace security operations with Romania and Greece, the statement said.
The memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Türkiye defines the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the parties, as well as the basic principles, procedures and conditions for conducting cross-border operations to protect the air space of the two countries, it said.
(Archive photo of a Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon: US Air Force)
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