We expect the governments of Belgium and the Netherlands to soon make a decision to register mine hunters, which we will acquire, said this evening in Varna, Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov, who was a guest at the solemn meeting-concert on the occasion of the 146th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Navy.
The celebration was also attended by the Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov, who congratulated the personnel of the combat fleet.
Zapryanov specified that the mine hunters, although second-hand, will be modernized and the capabilities of our military fleet will increase. According to him, even if the war in Ukraine stops, the mine danger in the Black Sea will remain.