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07SOFIA149
2007-02-02 14:17:00
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Embassy Sofia
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BULGARIA: GOVT APPROVES IRAQ EXTENSION

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM PGOV IZ BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA: GOVT APPROVES IRAQ EXTENSION

REF: STATE 11232

UNCLAS SOFIA 000149

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DEPT. FOR EUR/NCE, EUR/RPM, NEA/I, PM, S/I

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM PGOV IZ BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA: GOVT APPROVES IRAQ EXTENSION

REF: STATE 11232


1. (SBU) In a February 2 meeting with the DCM, MFA NATO and
International Security Director Petio Petev officially
informed us of the government's February 1 decision to extend
Bulgaria's mission at Camp Ashraf in Iraq. He delivered a
diplomatic note, the operative paragraphs of which read:

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria
expresses its consent in virtue of which US Verbal Note N 022
from 30.01.2007 and this Verbal Note should constitute an
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria
and the Government of the United States of America concerning
the participation of Bulgarian military contingent (sic) in a
humanitarian mission providing the security (sic) at Ashraf
Camp in Iraq. The annexes constitute an inseparable part of
the Agreement.

The Agreement is subject to ratification by the National
Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and will come into force
from the day when the Republic of Bulgaria informs the US
Government that relevant Bulgarian constitutional procedures
have been accomplished."


2. (SBU) According to Petev, the ratification process is to
be fast-tracked, and the agreement may be in the hands of the
parliament for ratification as early as next Thursday,
February 8. A scanned copy of the note will be sent to the
desk separately.
BEYRLE