The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Interior Ministry, is participating in the annual NATO politico-military exercise in crisis management, being held from October 19 to 26. The exercise is based on a virtual scenario. It is aimed at practicing at strategic level the Alliance’s procedures for times of crisis.
The scenario is based on the commitment within NATO's collective defence to carrying out political consultations and joint actions by member states. The exercise provides for synchronization of responses in NATO in meeting new challenges and threats to Euro-Atlantic security, which are defined in the new strategic concept of NATO as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks and threats against energy infrastructure.
The exercise involves the International Secretariat and Allied Command of NATO, and civilian and military staffs of the Member States of the Alliance. Teams from the United Nations, European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the International Committee of the Red Cross have observer status.