Iran warned Bulgaria over plans to host US aircraft
Kyiv • UNN
Iran warned Bulgaria that the deployment of American refueling aircraft at the Bezmer air base would be regarded as complicity in aggression. The Bulgarian parliament approved the government's proposal for the temporary stationing of US military equipment.
Iran warned Bulgaria over its intentions to station US aircraft on its territory. This was reported by Reuters, informs UNN.
Details
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei stated that any activity that facilitates US attacks on Iran would be tantamount to complicity in what he called "aggression and war crimes."
Baghaei called on Bulgaria not to become an "accomplice of aggressors and lawbreakers,"
The publication notes that the US and Iran have intensified strikes after the collapse of a temporary ceasefire agreement signed a month ago, which increased the possibility of a return to all-out war.
Context
The Bulgarian parliamentary defense committee on Tuesday approved the government's proposal for the temporary deployment of American tanker aircraft and US military personnel at the Bezmer air base.
Under a bilateral defense cooperation agreement from 2006, Bulgaria, a NATO ally, designated the Bezmer air base as a facility for joint use with the US armed forces.
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