保加利亚议会周三投票批准美国军队使用该国Bezmer空军基地以支持美国在中东的军事行动。[1]投票以136票赞成、13票反对、2票弃权的结果通过。[1]
根据2006年生效的美保防御协议，该空军基地为两国共享设施，美国每次用于新用途都需获得保加利亚议会的批准。[1]此次部署包括8架KC-135空中加油机、250名军事人员及相关设备，自周五起至10月1日。[1]
保加利亚总理拉德夫强调，中东军事行动绝对不会在保加利亚领土进行。[1]他表示此次部署仅限于空中加油等后勤支持任务。[1]保加利亚防长斯托亚诺夫称，该国已向美国"请求并获得了旨在最小化对我国国家安全风险的保证"。[1]
Bulgaria's parliament voted to authorize the United States military to use the country's Bezmer Air Base in support of American operations in the Middle East [1]. The measure passed on Wednesday with 136 votes in favor, 13 against, and 2 abstentions [1].
The deployment will include eight KC-135 tanker aircraft, 250 military personnel, and associated equipment, beginning Friday and extending through October 1 [1]. The Bezmer Air Base, located 260 kilometers from the capital Sofia, operates as a shared facility under a 2006 bilateral defense agreement, which requires parliamentary approval each time the United States seeks to use it for new purposes [1].
Prime Minister Radev emphasized that the decision does not permit combat operations in the Middle East to be conducted from Bulgarian soil, characterizing such a scenario as "categorically out of the question" [1]. Defense Minister Stoyanov stated that the government "requested and received guarantees from our strategic partner aimed at minimizing the risks to our national security" [1]. The deployment is intended to support logistics operations such as air refueling rather than direct military action [1].