Georgia–NATO relations

NATO on Thursday marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukraine win a war currently roiling Europe.

Foreign ministers from NATO's 32 countries will hold a ceremony at its Brussels headquarters to fete the organisation that bills itself as the "most powerful and successful alliance in history".

As Bulgaria prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its NATO accession at the end of this month, recent data sheds light on the nation's sentiment towards its membership in the alliance and its perceptions of security.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the representatives of that alliance, in coordination with the United States, sent requests to Moscow, which can be summarized in three areas, concerning NATO-Russia relations, European security and arms control.

The main risks facing Bulgaria are related to security in the Black Sea region, as well as hybrid and cyber-attacks. This was stated by Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska in connection with the Russia-Ukraine conflict and NATO-Russian tensions during an extraordinary session of parliament scheduled at the request of GERB.

"We call on the Russian Federation to show respect for the conscious foreign policy choice of the Republic of Bulgaria for NATO membership and the decisions of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court," said in a statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Russia's Foreign Ministry: NATO forces Must be Withdrawn from Bulgaria and Romania

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has pledged to support the efforts by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on the issue of NATO 2030 resolutions that will be adopted at the upcoming summit, officials from the Foreign Ministry said.

Çavuşoğlu virtually attended the NATO foreign ministers' meeting on June 1.

Bucharest, April 4 /Agerpres/ - The North Atlantic Alliance, together with the European Union and the Strategic Partnership with the United States of America, ensures the strongest protection that Romania has benefited in its entire history, in the face of any threat to its national security, the Minister of Np[9ational Defence, Nicolae Ciuca said on Sunday.

Bucharest, April 4 /Agerpres/ - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) welcomes the marking of NATO Day in Romania and emphasizes that in the last 17 years since accession, "our country has made sustained efforts and demonstrated the will and ability to contribute concretely and relevantly to the consolidation of NATO, the most successful political-military alliance in history, the guarantor of

President Klaus Iohannis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a phone call today, in preparation for this year's NATO Summit and in the context of the NATO 2030 forward-looking reflection process.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on March 9 called Turkey "extremely important," saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.