The invocation of Article 4 of the NATO Treaty does not mean involvement in war, Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev told journalists, quoted by bTV. He is in Blagoevgrad, where an information meeting is being held, part of the National Campaign for the Introduction of the Euro in Bulgaria.
„We, the partners and allies, are in constant contact with each other. We are in no way talking about provoking aggression on the part of the North Atlantic Alliance. "All we have been doing since the beginning of the war in Ukraine is talking about how we can prevent further escalation, protect the international legal order, stop the aggression and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a country that was unjustly attacked," the foreign minister said.
On Wednesday, Russian drones entered Polish airspace. 19 of them were intercepted by air defense with the help of Dutch fighter jets. Several of them were neutralized. This is the first case of Russian drones being shot down on the territory of a NATO member state.
According to him, the Kremlin's provocation shows that the Russian Federation does not want peace, the Bulgarian foreign minister expressed solidarity with Poland. "This is the meaning of NATO and our joint work to ensure the security and defense of the Alliance," he pointed out.