NATO’s Black Sea nations decry Ukraine war spillover endangering commercial ship traffic

IZMIR, Turkey — The Ministers of Defense of Bulgaria , Romania and Turkey have condemned attacks against commercial vessels in the Black Sea and call on all parties to refrain from any further actions that could endanger commercial vessels, maritime infrastructure and freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, according to the joint statement made after a meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Oct. 28. The trilateral meeting on security in the Black Sea region was also attended by the Chiefs of Defense of Bulgaria and Turkey, Adm. Emil Eftimov and Gen. Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, and the Deputy Chief of…