Bulgaria buys new combat planes

Bulgaria is planning to buy eight new or used aircraft for its Air Force.

Negotiations will be held with Belgium, Norway, Germany and Italy.

Defence Minister Anyu Angelov expects the talks to be successfully completed before the end of 2012.

If parliamentary approval is obtained, the deal worth about 300 million Euros will be done in 2014.

English translation by BSN
Adapted from BNR