Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Just in the past few days two leading members of the U.S. Senate foreign policy elite - John McCain and Richard Lugar - have issued separate calls for Bulgaria's early entry into NATO. McCain even made a special trip to Sofia. The Graf Ignatievo airforce base, referred to below, is of strategic importance to NATO's activities in the Balkans, and is to be substantially upgraded to become even more so. The accelerated development of Bulgaria as a key NATO base of operations is planned in conjunction with NATO's new role in Macedonia.] Blue News Newsnewsgroup: Blue News Bulgaria English, 31.08.2001 10:02:30 Bulgarian air force base converted to NATO standards Sofia (Bluebull) - Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Nikolay Svinarov formally announced the completion of a major reconstruction at the Graf Ignatievo airforce base, near Plovdiv. The main strip of the base was extended to 3 km which makes it compliant with the landing requirements for all NATO fighter and cargo aircraft. The whole project, which includes the relevant signal and safety infrastructure, was completed for three months by a local state-owned construction company. The ministry of defense has spent BGN 10 million on the whole project. The Graf Ignatievo airforce base houses also the headquarters of the international peace-keeping brigade comprising military units from several Balkan states. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
