Bulgaria has never officially been a member of the international "Coalition of the Willing," Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said in a written reply to a parliamentary question, according to a response published on the National Assembly's website. The clarification came after Democratic Bulgaria lawmaker Atanas Slavov asked when and on what legal basis Bulgaria had decided to withdraw from the coalition, and whether the government had assessed the impact such a move could have on the country's strategic national interests.