Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said Bulgaria is exploring options to take part in a joint standing maritime group of NATO in the Black Sea.



Talks are being carried out with Romania and Turkey, he has told journalists while in Brussels.



Options to deploy additional military capabilities to the Black Sea are being discussed, Mitov has made clear.



"Bulgaria will do everything to boost its defensive guarantees and capabilities in the Black Sea," the Bulgarian National Radio quotes him as saying.