BULGARIA will take a position on the draft resolution on Iraq after the weapons inspectors presented their findings, and consultations were held with all UN Security Council members, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lyubomir Todorov said on Tuesday.
Bulgaria will take a position based on its sovereign interests, Todorov said.
However, Bulgaria was already considered a very close ally to the United States, especially in the light of the numerous media reports that the country was going to host US military bases.
According to Todorov, the moving of US military bases to Bulgaria would be a natural result of NATO enlargement. However, no official offers had been made to the Bulgarian side and no talks had been held with Bulgarian officials on the issue, he said. Only when Bulgaria became a full member of the Alliance, would it be able to make proposals concerning the structuring of such military bases.
Todorov did not rule out the possibility of Bulgaria and the US signing bilateral agreements on the setting up of US military bases on Bulgarian territory, but believed that this was not very likely as the structure and location of bases were decided by all member states.
Bulgaria had no information concerning the alleged eavesdropping on the Security Council delegations of Bulgaria, Chile, Angola, Cameroon, Guinea and Pakistan by the US National Security Agency.
Todorov said this after British media alleged such eavesdropping had taken place.
He said that there would be an investigation, and if the allegations were proven, Bulgaria would act accordingly.
So far no talks had been held on the redeployment of US troops from Germany to Bulgaria, Foreign Minister Solomon Passi told the media on Monday.
Last week, upon his return from the US, Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov said that some vacant Bulgarian military bases could be offered to the US for inspection. In a radio interview, Svinarov said that if US military bases were established in Bulgaria, the redeployment of US troops from Germany to Bulgaria would be very likely.
Meanwhile, the US sent two air refuelling planes to Sarafovo Airport near Bourgas on Sunday.
The KC-10A refuelling planes flew from a base in New Jersey, in the eastern United States, Bulgarian news agency BTA said.
Two US transport planes had flown in equipment and supplies last week to get the base ready for the refuelling planes.
In terms of Parliament's decision on February 7, a total of 18 refuelling planes are authorised to use Sarafovo Airport.
Bulgaria will take a position based on its sovereign interests, Todorov said.
However, Bulgaria was already considered a very close ally to the United States, especially in the light of the numerous media reports that the country was going to host US military bases.
According to Todorov, the moving of US military bases to Bulgaria would be a natural result of NATO enlargement. However, no official offers had been made to the Bulgarian side and no talks had been held with Bulgarian officials on the issue, he said. Only when Bulgaria became a full member of the Alliance, would it be able to make proposals concerning the structuring of such military bases.
Todorov did not rule out the possibility of Bulgaria and the US signing bilateral agreements on the setting up of US military bases on Bulgarian territory, but believed that this was not very likely as the structure and location of bases were decided by all member states.
Bulgaria had no information concerning the alleged eavesdropping on the Security Council delegations of Bulgaria, Chile, Angola, Cameroon, Guinea and Pakistan by the US National Security Agency.
Todorov said this after British media alleged such eavesdropping had taken place.
He said that there would be an investigation, and if the allegations were proven, Bulgaria would act accordingly.
So far no talks had been held on the redeployment of US troops from Germany to Bulgaria, Foreign Minister Solomon Passi told the media on Monday.
Last week, upon his return from the US, Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov said that some vacant Bulgarian military bases could be offered to the US for inspection. In a radio interview, Svinarov said that if US military bases were established in Bulgaria, the redeployment of US troops from Germany to Bulgaria would be very likely.
Meanwhile, the US sent two air refuelling planes to Sarafovo Airport near Bourgas on Sunday.
The KC-10A refuelling planes flew from a base in New Jersey, in the eastern United States, Bulgarian news agency BTA said.
Two US transport planes had flown in equipment and supplies last week to get the base ready for the refuelling planes.
In terms of Parliament's decision on February 7, a total of 18 refuelling planes are authorised to use Sarafovo Airport.
