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"The issue of military assistance to Ukraine is important because our society is very sensitive to this issue. When we talk about it, we have to start from several points of view - solidarity with the victim of invasion and responsibility as a NATO member."

This was said to BNR by the international analyst Prof. Rumen Kanchev, former Deputy Minister of Defense.

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According to him, the decision is political and the government must assume this responsibility.

"The prime minister must show leadership. The prime minister should not go to Macedonia all the time, but to resolve these major issues related to the country's future and the current difficult strategic situation in Central Europe. Bulgaria has military plants, it can to provide a wide range of military assistance, "he added.

According to him, the argument that the war is protracted by providing weapons to Ukraine is not an argument

"Weapons are being provided so that the attacked country can defend itself. Ukraine is turning to us because it knows that we have super-well-producing military weapons factories. The fact that the government cannot solve this task diplomatically is a terrible act. Weakness. The Prime Minister has turned into a giant problem a relatively easy problem to solve ", added Prof. Kanchev in the program" Horizon for you ".

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He pointed out that Bulgaria gives an example of how an NATO ally should not behave.

"In relation to the positions we are taking on this conflict, there will be a new redistribution of the security architecture in Europe. Poland and Romania want to join the G20, the super-elite group that distributes world markets. And we are pulling and not having "Allies in the EU and NATO are watching us very closely," he said.

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