Bulgaria parliament overturns presidential veto on F-16s deal

FILE PHOTO: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian lawmakers overturned on Friday the presidential veto of a deal to purchase eight Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets from United States, clearing the way for Bulgaria's biggest military purchase since the fall of Communism.

On Monday President Rumen Radev vetoed a decision by parliament to approve the $1.26 billion deal, describing a lack of consensus on the contracts as "extremely worrying".