Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected a Proposal to Terminate the Defense Cooperation Agreement with the US

With 37 votes "for", 166 "against" and 18 "abstentions", the parliament rejected a draft decision to terminate the Agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and the United States on cooperation in the field of defense, submitted by the pro-Russian party "Vazrazhdane" (Revival). GERB-SDS, WCC-DB, DPS and "There Is Such a People: voted "against", BSP abstained, "Vazrazhdane" were "for". The agreement, signed in 2006, is related to the joint use, with the American military, of four military bases in our country - the Novo Selo training ground, including the warehouses and facilities of the town of Aytos, the Bezmer air base and the Graf Ignatievo air base....