Hungary has joined the project of the European Defense Agency for a joint order for the purchase of shells for Ukraine, according to the updated announcement on the Agency's website.

Thus, 23 countries will participate in the order - 22 EU members and Norway.

Bulgaria is not among them, BNR reported.

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Hungary was among the countries that, together with us, were most opposed to the supply of shells to Ukraine, as well as to its arming in general.

The Agency's project envisages the order and delivery of 1 million 155 mm projectiles to Ukraine for a period of one year.

At the European Council on Thursday and Friday, President Rumen Radev was categorical that our country will not participate in procurements under the Agency's auspices.

Several times he repeated how another 9 member states are also not participating.

Radev from Brussels: Bulgaria is committed to the production of projectiles for the needs of our partners, not for Ukraine

At the beginning, the participants were 17 member states and Norway.

In the last two days, however, five more countries have joined the project, including Hungary, Lithuania and Poland.

Earlier in the week, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, explained that some countries would join later, perhaps next week, due to peculiarities of their national procedures.

Latvia and Spain are also expected to do so within days.

Thus, Bulgaria, Ireland and Denmark remain the only members of the Agency that will not participate in the joint procurement.

However, Denmark only joined the agency that day.  

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