{"id":11291,"date":"2023-01-01T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2023-01-01T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:14:36","slug":"politicheck-the-claim-that-the-netehrlands-promised-f-16-fighter-jets-to-bulgaria-is-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/en\/politicheck-the-claim-that-the-netehrlands-promised-f-16-fighter-jets-to-bulgaria-is-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"PolitiCheck: The claim that the Netherlands promised F-16 fighter jets to Bulgaria is misleading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>11 November 2022:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CLAIM:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ivaylo Mirchev:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The Netherlands is ready to give Bulgaria F-16 jet fighters if we agree to provide our MiG-29s and SU-25s to Ukraine.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now it remains for the caretaker government to waste no time and launch this process without delay, demonstrating that it is really thinking about the modernisation of our army, not how to best serve Putin.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is what Ivaylo Mirchev, Democratic Bulgaria MP, wrote in a Facebook post on his personal profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10398\" style=\"width: 1577px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10398 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"1577\" height=\"669\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10398\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1577\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3.png 1577w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-696x295.png 696w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-1392x591.png 1392w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3-1068x453.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1577px) 100vw, 1577px\" \/><\/noscript> Source: Ivaylo Mirchev&#8217;s Facebook profile \/ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mirchev\/posts\/pfbid02xcZxpa8fgeoZiN3vFjqGtnkfAHPk1uPS6AvHUgeWvhfTG9JwTtUNHHt1fpD9XB4Jl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on the same day, 11 November, <a href=\"https:\/\/bnt.bg\/news\/ivailo-mirchev-niderlandiya-e-gotova-da-predostavi-samoleti-f-16-na-stranite-ot-centralna-i-iztochna-evropa-v331679-311802news.html\">Mirchev spoke about the topic on the Oshte ot Denya programme on the Bulgarian National TV. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nadya Obretenova, host of the <\/b><b><i>Oshte ot Denya<\/i><\/b><b> Programme, BNT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The Ministry of Defence has refuted your statement. What facts are you basing your claim on?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ivaylo Mirchev, Democratic Bulgaria MP:\u00a0<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018It is only now that I\u2019ve heard that the Ministry of Defense has refuted the statement. In fact, it comes from one of the most popular media outlets in the Netherlands, which late yesterday evening reported that the Netherlands is prepared to provide F-16 fighter jets from its warehouses, the kind that will be replaced with a more modern platform, and provide them to Central and Eastern European countries which can hand over to Ukraine Soviet&#8230; old Soviet aircraft for Ukraine to use to defend its territory.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Nadya Obretenova:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">order to modernize the Bulgarian army, is that why you\u2019re saying this?&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Ivaylo Mirchev:\u00a0<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018No, no. What I mean is this: since a similar, very similar information was published in the Netherlands, it was only normal for me as an MP to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defence what action they have taken in the case. Because there have been all sorts of arguments like \u2018There\u2019s no money\u2019, \u2018We can\u2019t\u2019, \u2018It\u2019s difficult\u2019, \u2018Training will be required\u2019, and so on\u00a0\u2014\u00a0now the Netherlands is prepared to provide us with F-16 fighter jets. Again, I say this is not fake news or anything, this is official news and very easily verifiable from a journalist\u2019s perspective.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, 14\u00a0November, the MP appeared on the morning programme of BTV, where he also commented on the topic of the Netherlands and the F-16 jet fighters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/embed.btv.bg\/lbin\/global\/embed.php?v=2112895385\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Zlatimir Yochev, host of the <\/b><b>Tazi Sutrin<\/b><b> Programme, BTV:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Mr. Mirchev, at the end of last week you said that if Bulgaria gives its old MiGs to the Netherlands, they will give us back our F-16 jet fighters. Where did you come across this information, given that the Ministry of Defence says it has not received any such offer from the Netherlands?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ivaylo Mirchev, Democratic Bulgaria, MP:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018From one of the biggest Dutch media, which reports that this information has already been discussed with the MPs and a similar decision is to be taken in the Dutch Parliament. It is normal not to discuss these topics, especially in public, but there is a specificity in Bulgaria that there is very serious resistance to Bulgaria donating its Soviet equipment to Ukraine and receiving corresponding NATO analogues.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CLAIM REVIEW:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirchev cites the Dutch EW Magazine (also known by its old name <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsevier Weekblad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as the source of his claims and posted a link to the specific article in a comment below his Facebook post. The magazine cannot be described as \u2018one of the largest Dutch media outlets\u2019\u00a0\u2014\u00a0it is the website of a weekly commentary magazine. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nu.nl\/media\/4194463\/uitgever-new-skool-media-neemt-weekblad-elsevier.html\">owned<\/a> by a large publishing group, including the scientific literature publisher Elsevier. In the description on its Facebook page, it describes itself as \u2018free of ideology, but inclined towards a skeptical assessment of commonly accepted facts and arguments, and suspicion of widely shared views\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewmagazine.nl\/nederland\/achtergrond\/2022\/11\/kabinet-wil-met-f-16s-schuiven-voor-oekraine-909654\/?fbclid=IwAR3uogWqO4qW-zxclzu4PaCHH4wxEc5OuXuKi-Pl3fw52cFbIC4OCgAkMCA\">The EW Magazine article is dated 9\u00a0November<\/a> and says that the Dutch government is considering giving the surplus F-16 fighter jets it owns to Eastern European allies so that they can in turn give their old Russian MiG fighters to Ukraine. This is not news in and of itself\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the debate about what to do with the old F-16s, which the Netherlands is already replacing with the new F-35 fighter jets, has been going on for a long time. The idea of giving them to Eastern European countries, which in turn would give their MiGs to Ukraine, is not new either, but a decision on this has not yet been made. In this sense, the announcement cannot be described as \u2018official news\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also mentioned that the members of the Dutch Parliament were briefed about the government\u2019s plan in confidence. The article is based on unnamed sources. According to them, the government plan is still awaiting approval from Washington. Such approval is needed <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R46337\/2\">for any transaction in US-made military and defence equipment<\/a>. The article does not mention anything about the Su-25 aircraft, nor Bulgaria in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the jet fighters are mentioned only in the first paragraph of the text, and its main content is on a completely different issue\u00a0\u2014\u00a0that the government is keeping secret the weapons it is supplying to Ukraine. The information has not attracted any interest from other Dutch, and even less the international media. Information on the subject cannot be found anywhere else\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the handful of mentions refer exclusively to the Elsevier Weekblad.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Bulgarian reaction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 11 November, in response to Mirchev\u2019s claims, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/mo-ne-e-poluchavano-predlozhenie-ot-niderlandiya-za-predostavyane-na-samoleti-f-16-1213732news.html\">Ministry of Defence<\/a> made the following statement:\u00a0\u2018The Ministry of Defence has not received an offer from the Netherlands to provide F-16 MLU aircraft, while providing MiG-29 and Su-25 to Ukraine.&#8221; Back in June, the Ministry of Defence had requested information from the Netherlands on the provision of F-16 Blok 15 aircraft and the response then was that there was no such possibility, Dimitar Stoyanov, Minister of Defence in the caretaker government, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.bg\/bg\/news.php\">said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018I had a meeting with the Minister of Defence of the Netherlands. At the moment, the Netherlands is expressing readiness to help with the training of our F-16 jet fighters,\u2019 Dimitar Stoyanov said after the EU Council meeting in Brussels on 15\u00a0November\u00a02022. The minister\u2019s statement is available <a href=\"https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/voenniyat-ministar-v-bryuksel-niderlandiya-predlaga-obuchenie-na-nashi-piloti-na-f-16-1214103news.html\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister Stoyanov attended a meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels. His Dutch counterpart was also at the meeting, as noted in the Minister\u2019s statement. We did not find any Bulgarian media outlet that has asked the Dutch Defence Minister Kaysa Olongren a question on the subject. A day earlier Olongren visited the NATO headquarters and met with Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, but the topic was not raised during the briefing by either the participants or journalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of 15\u00a0November, there is no official decision or position of the Dutch authorities on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FACT CHECKED:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MP Ivaylo Mirchev\u2019s claim that the Netherlands is ready to give Bulgaria F-16s if Bulgaria provides its MiG-29s and SU-25s to Ukraine is misleading. Such an idea is indeed being discussed in the Netherlands, but we are talking about Eastern European countries, not Bulgaria specifically. The published article that Ivaylo Mirchev referred to also does not specifically mention Bulgaria. No official decision has been made by the Dutch government. According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence, at this discussions are limited to pilot training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This fact check was carried out by Ralitsa Kovacheva, Georgi Marchev and Vanessa Nikolova.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Sources<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kabinet wil met F-16\u2019s schuiven voor Oekra\u00efne, EW Magazine: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewmagazine.nl\/nederland\/achtergrond\/2022\/11\/kabinet-wil-met-f-16s-schuiven-voor-oekraine-909654\/?fbclid=IwAR3uogWqO4qW-zxclzu4PaCHH4wxEc5OuXuKi-Pl3fw52cFbIC4OCgAkMCA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ewmagazine.nl\/nederland\/achtergrond\/2022\/11\/kabinet-wil-met-f-16s-schuiven-voor-oekraine-909654\/?fbclid=IwAR3uogWqO4qW-zxclzu4PaCHH4wxEc5OuXuKi-Pl3fw52cFbIC4OCgAkMCA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041c\u041e: \u041d\u0435 \u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u041d\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u044f\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0424-16, \u0411\u041d\u0422:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/mo-ne-e-poluchavano-predlozhenie-ot-niderlandiya-za-predostavyane-na-samoleti-f-16-1213732news.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/mo-ne-e-poluchavano-predlozhenie-ot-niderlandiya-za-predostavyane-na-samoleti-f-16-1213732news.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0418\u0432\u0430\u0439\u043b\u043e \u041c\u0438\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0432 \u0432 \u201c\u0422\u0430\u0437\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043d\u201d \u043f\u043e \u0411\u0438 \u0422\u0438 \u0412\u0438, 14 \u043d\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0432\u0440\u0438: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/btvnovinite.bg\/predavania\/tazi-sutrin\/ivajlo-mirchev-mozhe-da-upravljavame-s-pp-i-da-poluchim-podkrepata-na-drugi-sili.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/btvnovinite.bg\/predavania\/tazi-sutrin\/ivajlo-mirchev-mozhe-da-upravljavame-s-pp-i-da-poluchim-podkrepata-na-drugi-sili.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041d\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0443\u0447\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438 \u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0424-16, \u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u044f \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0449\u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u041c\u0438\u0413-29, \u0411\u041d\u0420: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bnr.bg\/post\/101736701\/niderlandia-e-gotova-da-obuchi-nashi-piloti-za-f-16-a-ne-da-ni-predostavi-takiva-samoleti-sreshtu-nashite-mig-29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bnr.bg\/post\/101736701\/niderlandia-e-gotova-da-obuchi-nashi-piloti-za-f-16-a-ne-da-ni-predostavi-takiva-samoleti-sreshtu-nashite-mig-29<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0418\u0432\u0430\u0439\u043b\u043e \u041c\u0438\u0440\u0447\u0435\u0432: \u041d\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0434\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0424-16 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u0426\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043b\u043d\u0430 \u0438 \u0418\u0437\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430 \u0415\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0430, \u0411\u041d\u0422: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bnt.bg\/news\/ivailo-mirchev-niderlandiya-e-gotova-da-predostavi-samoleti-f-16-na-stranite-ot-centralna-i-iztochna-evropa-v331679-311802news.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bnt.bg\/news\/ivailo-mirchev-niderlandiya-e-gotova-da-predostavi-samoleti-f-16-na-stranite-ot-centralna-i-iztochna-evropa-v331679-311802news.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transfer of Defense Articles: Sale and Export of U.S.-Made Arms to Foreign Entities: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R46337\/2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R46337\/2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands surplus F-16s in exchange for MiG-29s for Ukraine, Aviacia Online: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviacionline.com\/2022\/11\/netherlands-surplus-f-16s-in-exchange-for-mig-29s-for-ukraine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.aviacionline.com\/2022\/11\/netherlands-surplus-f-16s-in-exchange-for-mig-29s-for-ukraine\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041c\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u0414\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u0421\u0442\u043e\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0432: \u041d\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0438\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0437\u044f\u0432\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442 \u0434\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043d\u0435 \u0441 \u043e\u0431\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0437\u0430 F-16: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.bg\/bg\/news.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mod.bg\/bg\/news.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0412\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u0432 \u0411\u0440\u044e\u043a\u0441\u0435\u043b: \u041d\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438 \u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0424-16, \u0411\u041d\u0422: <a href=\"https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/voenniyat-ministar-v-bryuksel-niderlandiya-predlaga-obuchenie-na-nashi-piloti-na-f-16-1214103news.html\">https:\/\/bntnews.bg\/news\/voenniyat-ministar-v-bryuksel-niderlandiya-predlaga-obuchenie-na-nashi-piloti-na-f-16-1214103news.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 November 2022: CLAIM: Ivaylo Mirchev: \u2018The Netherlands is ready to give Bulgaria F-16 jet fighters if we agree to provide our MiG-29s and SU-25s to Ukraine. Now it remains for the caretaker government to waste no time and launch this process without delay, demonstrating that it is really thinking about the modernisation of our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[166,158],"tags":[182,524,523,269,465],"claim_author":[2303],"class_list":["post-11291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-checked-en","category-featured-en","tag-bulgaria","tag-fighter-jets","tag-netherlands","tag-politicheck","tag-mig-29","claim_author-ivaylo-mirchev"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PolitiCheck: The claim that the Netherlands promised F-16 fighter jets to Bulgaria is misleading - 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