Troops for Turkish border 'unacceptable': Bulgarian president
by Daily Sabah with AA
ANKARAJan 06, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah with AA
Jan 06, 2015 12:00 am
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has denounced a request by the country's interior minister for troops to be sent to the Turkish border to deter immigrants, saying it could spark "a diplomatic scandal".
His comments came on Tuesday a day after Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov told reporters it would be "no problem to deploy a small number of military personnel temporarily to help secure the border" against immigrants.
Plevneliev said: "Guarding our border with an allied nation such as Turkey with soldiers, armored vehicles and equipment is unacceptable."
"Turkey is our friend and a NATO ally, sending more troops to the border is unthinkable."
"I cannot allow more soldiers to be deployed at the border ... It may cause a diplomatic scandal," he added.
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