Prime minister Rumen Radev met US diplomat David Baker today to discuss ties between Bulgaria and the US and security in the Black Sea region.
Baker is US deputy assistant secretary of state for European security and political affairs. He is in Bulgaria for the handover of the first Stryker combat vehicles to the Land Forces.
Defence minister Dimitar Stoyanov and foreign minister Velislava Petrova-Chamova also took part.
The talks covered cooperation on the economy and investment, high technology, energy and defence.
They also stressed the strategic role of the Middle Corridor for Europe's transport, energy and digital links.