Bulgaria wants the US missile shield

On Monday, June 11, US President George Bush ended his tour of Europe with a visit to Sofia, where he was received by Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvanov. Both sides expressed the wish to integrate Bulgaria in America's plans for a missile defence shield on European soil. Boyco Lambovsky sees Bush's visit as a sign that Bulgaria is coming out of its isolation. "We entered the Second World War as allies of one power and came out of it as allies of another. During the Cold War we were allies of that other power and now we have emerged as allies of a third power whose president yesterday promised to support us in our efforts towards the release of the nurses in Libya and in trade. There is no cause for celebration, but also no cause to condemn this pragmatism. We can regard the visit as a symbol that we have passed the test of transition."

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