Bulgaria considers U.S. request to deploy tanker aircraft

SOFIA, July 20– Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Monday that his government had received a note from the U.S. Embassy requesting permission to deploy up to eight tanker aircraft at Bezmer Air Base to support U.S. operations in the Middle East.

Speaking at the opening of the annual conference of Bulgaria’s ambassadors and permanent representatives, Radev said the note was received last Friday and cited the 2006 defense cooperation agreement between Bulgaria and the United States.