Balgarianovinite.com The Council of Ministers on Monday proposed that Parliament authorize the deployment of up to eight US KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft, up to 250 US military personnel and related equipment at Bezmer Air Base between July 24 and October 1 to support US operations in the Middle East, prompting mixed reactions from parliamentary parties.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the government had received a diplomatic note from the US Embassy on June 17 requesting the deployment under the 2006 Defence Cooperation Agreement between Bulgaria and the United States. He said parliamentary approval was required under Bulgarian law because the deployment would support US operations in the Middle East. Radev contrasted the proposal with the deployment of US aerial refuelling aircraft at Sofia Airport earlier this year, arguing that the previous government had acted before seeking parliamentary authorization and had based the aircraft at a civilian airport rather than a military facility.
GERB-UDF and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) said they would support the proposal, describing it as consistent with Bulgaria’s commitments to its allies. GERB-UDF argued, however, that the February deployment had been legally different because it was related to a NATO exercise, unlike the current request concerning US operations in the Middle East, and therefore did not require parliamentary approval. Continue the Change said it expected the Prime Minister’s recommendations to Parliament before taking a position, while Democratic Bulgaria called for briefings by the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister and the intelligence services before deciding how to vote. Vazrazhdane said it would oppose the proposal, arguing that it would draw Bulgaria into the conflict in the Middle East.
The government’s proposal envisages the presence of up to eight KC-135 aircraft, up to 250 members of the US Armed Forces with personal weapons and ammunition, and the necessary airport equipment at Bezmer Air Base. Parliament’s Defence Committee is scheduled to consider the proposal at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday. Government Seeks Parliament’s Approval for US Aircraft Deployment at Bezmer Air Base, Parties Take Positions 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-20 17:17:20 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law