A representative group from the Ministry of Defense bowed before the memory of the hero of the Inter-Allied War (1913) Colonel Konstantin Kavarnaliev (1866 - 1913) in front of his monument near the town of Doiran in the Republic of North Macedonia.
This year marks the 111th anniversary of the heroic death of Colonel Kavarnaliev and the servicemen of the 3rd Balkan Infantry Division.
Today, June 22, a funeral prayer was held in front of the monument of Colonel Kavarnaliev. At a solemn commemorative ceremony, wreaths were presented on behalf of the Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and the Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov, and flowers from the Bulgarian organizations and associations present in the Republic of North Macedonia.
The representative group of the Ministry of Defense, headed by the deputy commander of the Ground Forces Brigadier General Plamen Yordanov, the head of the Central Military District, Colonel Georgi Georgiev, the director of the Directorate "Social Policy and Military Policy" took part in the solemn ritual. patriotic education“ Dimitar Iliev, cadets and officers from the "Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov" Higher Naval School, the ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria in Skopje H.E. Angel Angelov, representatives of the Embassy and the General
Consulate of Bulgaria in Bitola .
At the Bulgarian military cemetery in Novo Selo, Republic of North Macedonia, on Sunday, June 23, the memory of the servicemen who died in the wars of national liberation and unification will also be honored with a ritual of laying wreaths and flowers.