Bulgaria says no military cooperation with Azerbaijan, Armenia until settlement

Trend news agency
16 Sep 04

Baku, 16 September, Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: “Bulgaria will
cooperate in the military sphere with neither Azerbaijan nor Armenia
until the conflict around Nagornyy Karabakh is settled,” Ivan Palchev,
Bulgaria’s charge d’affaires in Azerbaijan, has told journalists.

Palchev said that the Bulgarian Defence Ministry had been successfully
cooperating with the defence ministries of Azerbaijan and Armenia only
in the military-technical sphere. Azerbaijani Defence Minister Safar
Abiyev’s official visit to Sofia is scheduled for late October. The
Azerbaijani and Bulgarian defence ministers will discuss prospects
of future cooperation during the visit.

Palchev added that official Sofia adhered to its position on the
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict believing that “Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity must be preserved, while Nagornyy Karabakh’s status is
Azerbaijan’s internal affair”.