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Washington and London stand with Bulgaria against malign activities on its territory

| updated on 3/20/21 4:48 PM

“The U.S. strongly supports Bulgaria’s sovereignty and stands with Bulgarians against these malign activities on their territory.”, the Spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State Ned Price wrote on Twitter on occasion of the detention of six Bulgarian military and former intelligence officers charged over alleged espionage for Russia. 

“Bulgaria is a friend, NATO Ally, and partner. We are attentively watching the Bulgarian investigation into an alleged Russian spy ring”, Ned Price further wrote.

Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, wrote the following on Twitter: “The UK stands with Bulgaria against Russia’s malign activity which seeks to undermine the sovereignty of our NATO ally. We fully support Bulgaria’s efforts in disrupting an alleged spy ring and taking steps to tackle Russia’s hostile actions in its territory”. 




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