Bulgaria exits agreement on exchange of classified information with Russia

Bulgaria unilaterally decided to withdraw from the agreement with Russia on the exchange of classified information, according to the decision of the country's government, which was adopted on April 7.

Report informs, citing TASS, that the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry was instructed to notify Moscow of the decision.

The agreement on the exchange and mutual protection of classified information was signed in 2007. It regulated the level of classified information that could be exchanged by special services and the mechanisms for their transmission and storage.