Bulgaria no plans to limit arms exports to Ukraine

Bulgaria no plans to limit arms exports to Ukraine

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 20 2023, 01:28 AM • 3674 views

The Bulgarian arms industry is operating at full capacity and supplies the necessary weapons to Ukraine. The government has no plans to restrict arms exports to Ukraine

Bulgarian arms factories are operating at full capacity, including supplying the necessary weapons to Ukraine. This was reported in in an interview with the TV channel BTV the Minister of Bogdan Bogdanov, Minister of Economy.

"The military industry, including private enterprises, is working at the limit of its capabilities, in one year we doubled the production. Now we are thinking about new products and solutions that we can include in production at our plants so that in the next 10-15 years they will be competitive," said the head of the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy.

He emphasized that there are no prerequisites for restricting arms exports to Ukraine. for restricting arms exports to Ukraine.

"It is important to realize that for us this is a key industry, which employs more than 70,000 people. which employs more than 70,000 people. There is nothing wrong with the fact that this production is developing: it plays a significant role from Bulgaria's point of view. We are making significant efforts to ensure that this continues," the Bulgarian Minister emphasized.