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Italy assumes command over NATO’s multinational battle group in Bulgaria

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Italy assumed command over NATO’s multinational battle group in Bulgaria with a special ceremony at Novo Selo training area. Bulgaria’s President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Armed Forces Rumen Radev attended the ceremony.

"This day clearly shows that every NATO member state must be able to count on its support. For the umpteenth time, I would like to remind that there is no room for further postponement of the army's modernisation", President Radev said. The head of state also warned against politicizing the problems of the Bulgarian army.




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