site.btaCabinet Adopts Defence Minister's Report on Bulgaria-US Agreement on Cooperation in Preventing Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Council of Ministers Wednesday approved a decision on the adoption of a report by the Defence Minister that designates the Defence Ministry as an additional executive representative under the Agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and the United States concerning cooperation in the area of the prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The agreement was signed in Washington on June 17, 2008, and has been in effect since January 29, 2009. The Cabinet also approved a draft report regarding the transfer of property, free of charge, from the United States Department of Defence to Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence.

The acquisition of equipment under the Agreement will help enhance the capabilities of the Navy’s Naval Operations Centre to build maritime situational awareness by automating the exchange of unclassified information gathered through automatic ship identification systems.