site.btaBulgaria to Be Represented at Ukraine Defence Contact Group Session

Bulgaria's caretaker Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov will attend a session of the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Friday, Stoyanov's ministry said on Thursday.

This will be the eighth session of the group at defence ministers' level. NATO, the EU and their member states and partner countries will take part in it. The session will be hosted by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin. The participants will discuss the situation in Ukraine and international assistance to the country.

On the sidelines of the Contact Group session, Stoyanov will meet with Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson and officials of the French Armed Forces Ministry. Stoyanov's delegation will include Chief of Defence Adm. Emil Eftimov and Deputy Defence Minister Teodora Genchovska.