APRIL-MAY2008
cooperation between Bulgaria and the United States,
local press report 29th Feb 2008.
http://news.
Eleven agreements were signed by Deputy Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff Lt. Gen. Galimir
Pehlivanov and U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Vice Adm. Richard K. Gallagher.
The framework agreement was signed on April 26, 2006, over the use of Bulgarian military facilities as shared ones. The agreements are 12 in total. Work on the last one, concerning logistics, is still underway.
The U.S. Congress has allocated more than 60 million dollars for construction works in the area of
the New Village military training ground, U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle said after the signing of
agreements, stressing that these shared facilities are Bulgarian bases under Bulgarian command and flag. The diplomat told the reporters that the first U.S. military personnel are expected to arrive in the shared facilities later in the year, after a joint exercise in the New Village planned for October.