Nato does not intend to engage in military action against Russia, Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said in a television interview on May 26, describing this as “one of the biggest speculations that continues to circulate, that Nato has any military intentions towards Russia”.
Zapryanov’s comments came a day after, in joint statements to reporters in Budapest, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev and his Hungarian counterpart Tamás Sulyok declared themselves to be against the escalation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, as well as against the sending of troops from Nato member states to the territory of Ukraine, as well as more weapons.
“We must not allow the war to grow in spatial scope and intensity, so diplomatic means must be found as soon as possible to end it,” Radev said, according to a statement posted on the presidency’s website.
Zapryanov said that it was 75 years since the founding of Nato, and during that time, there had not been a single case of Nato conquering “one square metre” of land of a country neighbouring Nato and annexing it to Nato territory.
The Alliance adheres to the UN Charter and is a peaceful peacekeeping organisation in the Euro-Atlantic area: “This is the truth,” Zapryanov said. Läs artikel