Bulgaria denies selling weapons to Lebanese Hizbollah group

Bulgaria denies selling weapons to Lebanese Hizbollah group SOFIA, April 6 (KUNA) -- Bulgaria vigorously denies information regarding selling presently or in the past weapons and military equipment to the Lebanese group Hizbollah, a spokesman for the Defense ministry of Bulgaria said on Friday.
Vlado Tralezov told KUNA that minister of Defense Veselin Bliznakov initiated an investigation into what the Spanish Ministry of Defense declared that it discovered through its troops working under the United Nations in Lebanon weapons caches, including 17 missiles, produced in Bulgaria.
Tralezov added initial information on the issue shows an arms deal with the Lebanese government in reference to a 1996 weapon's deal between the two governments and intended to be used by the Lebanese army, noting that there was no military deals whether it was declared or undeclared with the Lebanese Hizbollah group.
The spokesman added the Bulgarian ministry will ask the Spanish government for more details on the discovered missiles, particularly the missiles' date of production and model numbers to be included with its own investigation. (end) mbq.mb KUNA 062011 Apr 07NNNN