Defence Minister: F-16 purchase talks with the US continue

Negotiations between Bulgaria and the United States for the purchase of new F-16 fighter aircrafts are still ongoing, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov told BNR on May 14.

According to him, some of the price offers are not yet satisfactory and if the price does not satisfy us, Bulgaria will refuse and will ask the National Assembly to start negotiations with the other countries - Sweden or Italy.