Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and Chief of General Staff Gen. Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu paid an official visit to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, for the Türkiye-Bulgaria-Romania Trilateral Meeting of Defense Ministers and Chiefs of General Staff.

Türkiye's Sofia Embassy said it was pleased and honored to host Minister Güler and Gen. Bayraktaroğlu in Sofia. Photographs published by the embassy showed Minister Güler being welcomed in Sofia, signing the guestbook at the embassy and the delegation's meeting.
Trilateral coordination mechanism being established for the Black Sea
At a meeting held at the Boyana Government Residence in Sofia, Türkiye, Bulgaria and Romania agreed to establish a trilateral coordination mechanism to strengthen maritime security in the Black Sea.

Bulgaria's Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov and Chief of General Staff Admiral Emil Eftimov, as well as Romania's Defense Minister Ştefan-Radu Oprea and Chief of General Staff Gen. Gheorghiţă Vlad, attended the meeting. The ministers condemned attacks by unmanned vehicles targeting commercial vessels in the Black Sea.
The three countries had also established the Mine Countermeasures Task Group in the Black Sea (MCM Black Sea) in 2024 to counter the mine threat in the Black Sea.