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At the summit of the so-called “Coalition of the Resolute” in Paris on March 27, Bulgaria offered to host a multinational center to ensure the safety of navigation in the western part of the Black Sea, the Bulgarian government’s press service reported.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelezyakov reportedly said that the coordination center would provide constant surveillance and early warning of potential threats and hostile activities in the western Black Sea.
He said: “The goal is to establish guidelines for navigation and to monitor – from the air and from the water – both critical infrastructure and all potential hostile activities in the Black Sea.”
As an example of such successful cooperation, he cited the joint demining efforts of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey in the Black Sea, which began in the summer of 2024.
Following talks in Saudi Arabia on March 23-25, the United States, Russia, and Ukraine agreed to “secure navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”
However, Russia then rolled out a list of demands, including the easing of a number of sanctions against the agricultural sector. The United States said it would study these demands, while Europe rejected the easing of sanctions.
