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President Rumen Radev leads the Bulgarian delegation at the NATO Summit in Madrid

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President Rumen Radev will lead the Bulgarian delegation at the NATO Summit in Madrid that will be held between June 28 and 30, the press service of Bulgaria’s Head of State announced. 

Heads of state and government from NATO’s member countries are expected to discuss the new security reality in the context of the war in Ukraine. They are to discuss a major strengthening of NATO’s security and defense, as well as enlargement policies. The participants will also discuss the activity of the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) and the Innovation Fund. 

At the Madrid Summit, NATO will adopt its new Strategic Concept. The key document reaffirms NATO’s values, purpose and tasks. It provides a collective assessment of the security challenges facing the Alliance and outlines the political and military tasks NATO will carry out to address them.




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