From 1998 to 2001 , he was a member of NATO Integration Council , and served as its Deputy Minister of Defence , Planning and Integration , responsibility of which position included NATO integration and defence reform passing . In 1999 Velizar Shalamanov was a member of the Security Council of the Government and Head of the Interagency Situation Center whose responsibility was to support Kosovo during their crisis that year . The same year , Shalamanov lead the joint Bulgarian-US-UK Defence Reform and Management Studies as well as development of the military doctrine and Membership Action Plan and Defence Reform at the 1999 Washington summit
1999 Washington summit
1999 Washington summit
Velizar Shalamanov