Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania to Conduct Joint Minesweeping Operations in Black Sea

Published on January 11, 2024

NATO members Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania have signed an agreement to conduct joint minesweeping operations in the conflict-hit Black Sea. “We have jointly decided to sign a protocol between our three countries to fight more effectively against the danger of mines … by improving our existing close cooperation,” Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on Jan. 11. At a press conference in Istanbul with his Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Mr. Guler said the deal would establish a joint Mine Countermeasures Task Group tasked with finding—and eliminating—stray mines in the Black Sea. A key theater in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Black Sea is believed to contain thousands of mines laid by both sides of the almost two-year-old conflict....

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