Radev refused to go to the NATO assembly due to the positions on Ukraine (Obzor) – 2024-06-28 23:34:05

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2024-06-28 23:34:05

Glavchev: I am unable to think about what scares and disturbs him

President Rumen Radev refused to take part within the NATO summit and lead the Bulgarian delegation in Washington from July 9 to 11. Shortly after the federal government introduced on Thursday that

provides him to be in cost

to the delegation, his administration unfold that he didn’t settle for. Bulgaria will thus be represented by performing Prime Minister and Overseas Minister Dimitar Glavchev. With him will journey the Minister of Protection Atanas Zapryanov, the Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs Nevyana Miteva and the Chief of Protection Adm. Emil Eftimov.

The rationale for Radev’s refusal is that he doesn’t settle for some provisions of the framework positions adopted by the Council of Ministers. They discuss with commitments that our nation undertakes relating to the conflict in Ukraine, “Dondukov” 2 reported.

It was reported from the other constructing that the federal government has authorised framework positions for Radev to current to the opposite heads of state and authorities in Washington. However they didn’t publish them, they had been for official use.

“I don’t know what embarrassed, scared and nervous him. The place of the Council of Ministers is routine – it has at all times been achieved this manner through the years – to have a synchronized place between the ministries of protection and overseas affairs, confirmed by a call of the federal government. What are the explanations for the president to be nervous, I don’t know, it is best to ask him”, mentioned Glavchev from Brussels, the place he’s attending a gathering of the European Council.

With the choice of the Council of Ministers, it was instructed that the president, because the chief of the delegation, ought to current the accepted framework positions, and based mostly on them “approve and/or affirm” the paperwork offered on the assembly and the ultimate communique.

The NATO summit is anticipated to resolve

whether or not Ukraine may use Western weapons to assault Russian army targets

on its territory. This was the advice of the Parliamentary Meeting of the alliance, which met in Sofia a month in the past. Then Rumen Radev signally didn’t participate in it, however selected to go to Hungary and Switzerland. However from there he talked about sending troops to Ukraine and “nuclear armageddon”. Prime Minister Glavchev and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, who was in Sofia, categorically denied that sending troops was mentioned in any respect.

It was due to these positions of Radev that there have been calls from GERB, PP-DB and DPS that the top of state mustn’t symbolize us in Washington. Glavchev requested the parliament to say who ought to go – the president or the performing prime minister, however the deputies didn’t agree and the Council of Ministers determined to have each.

“From the primary day of the conflict in Ukraine, the top of state strongly condemns the Russian aggression”, the presidency emphasised on Thursday. And so they reminded that Radev at all times insisted and labored for the modernization of the military, for rising the nationwide protection capability, and so forth.

In any other case, on the day he refused to take part in Washington, the president was anticipated to point when he would hand over the primary mandate to GERB, after his consultations with the events ended on Wednesday. When requested in regards to the probabilities of having a daily authorities, Radev was reserved: “There may be nonetheless time till the ultimate assessments are given. I can reply after the belief or lack thereof of the primary time period”.

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