Bulgaria to ask parliament to allow US tanker aircraft to be stationed at military base

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Bulgaria will ask its parliament to approve the stationing of up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft at the Bezmer military base to support U.S. military operations in the Middle East. The move follows controversy over placing such planes at a civilian airport and requires official parliamentary consent.

SOFIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, a NATO and EU member, will seek parliamentary approval on Monday for up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft to be stationed at a military airport, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said, after a move to place such planes at a civilian airport triggered controversy. The government will ask parliament to approve a request by Washington to station tanker planes at the Bezmer military facility to support the U.S. military's operations in the Middle East, Radev told an annual conference of Bulgarian Ambassadors in Sofia.