RUSSIA SAYS IT WANTS FOREIGN NATO TROOPS TO LEAVE BULGARIA, ROMANIA

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Moscow, Jan 21: Moscow wants foreign NATO troops to leave Romania and Bulgaria as part of security demands it is seeking from the US-led alliance, Russia’s foreign ministry said Friday ahead of Russia-US talks in Geneva.

Russia wants the “withdrawal of foreign forces, hardware and arms” from countries that were not NATO members before 1997, including Bulgaria and Romania, the ministry said in a statement.