"Bulgaria provides military and military-technical assistance to Ukraine in compliance with the decision of the National Assembly of November 3, 2022," said Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov

Dimitar Stoyanov was born on October 28, 1968 in Svilengrad.

In 1986, it ended at the meeting of the Contact Group for the provision of defense assistance to Ukraine. 

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The forum takes place in Ramstein, Federal Republic of Germany, and is hosted by the US Secretary of Defense.

The Bulgarian delegation includes the Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov and the Deputy Minister of Defense Teodora Genchovska, the Ministry of Defense announced. 

"Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Bulgarian national means of transport from the Ministry of Defense, we have provided humanitarian aid, as well as military personal protective equipment, with a total value of BGN 7 million," said Minister Stoyanov.

He again stated the readiness of our country to participate in the EU EUMAM UA training mission in implementation of the decision of the National Assembly, which aims to provide support for the recovery of Ukraine and its European integration.

The national contribution to the mission envisages the participation of Bulgarian military personnel from the Armed Forces in the Unit for Military Planning and Conduct of Military Missions of the EU CSDP in the Kingdom of Belgium, as well as in the Joint Military Training Command in Poland and/or in the Specialized Training Command in the Federal Republic Germany.

It is proposed that combat medics from the Ukrainian armed forces should be trained in Bulgaria every year.

Defense Minister to hold meetings at Ramstein Air Base

Within the framework of the forum in Ramstein, Minister Stoyanov held meetings with his Swedish colleague Paul Jonsson, as well as with representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the French Republic.

The focus of the talks was the modernization of the Bulgarian armed forces.

Minister Stoyanov also held talks with his colleagues from Poland and Ukraine, Mariusz Blaszczak and Oleksei Reznikov.

This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Defense.

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