Bulgaria sends military contingent to Kosovo

A formal ceremony was held at Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad for sending a container of the Third Brigade Command, which will take part in the NATO Stabilisation Force Task Force Force in Kosovo. Priests served with solemn prayer for health and successful return from the mission as the talks were delivered by [...]
Priests served with solemn prayers for health and successful return from the mission, while speeches were held by the mayor of the Blagoevgrad municipality of Methodius Bajquev and the mayor of the Blagoevgrad region, Georgi Dinev.
Bulgaria's “Army contributes to the security and stability of the Western Balkans, Admiral Emil Eftimov” said during the ceremony, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency announced. (BTA).
He noted that 120 people will be sent from the Third Blagojgrad Brigade Command in the mission area for at least three months.
“I am satisfied with preparation and readiness. The order has come on Friday, already we are sending it, which means that certificates that have passed earlier and the readiness they guard have been at the right level and we can react within the set” deadlines, Eftimov stressed.
He thanked Deputy Commander of Land Forces and Commander of the Third Brigade Command in Blagoevgrad.
“is the first time I participate in such a mission, I have no concern, I feel well prepared and motivated”, Anelia Petrova of the Third Brigade Command said.
The ceremony was closed with a military personnel march./Periscopi/












