Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria.
A statement from the Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting, Minister Georgiev and Susan Falatko discussed the strategic partnership between Bulgaria and the United States, as well as priority regional and global issues. Cooperation between the two countries in the areas of security and defense, energy security and diversification, bilateral trade and investment, innovation and new technologies, connectivity, people-to-people contacts, etc. were also among the highlights of the talks.
Minister Georgiev also highlighted the important issue for the Bulgarian government of Bulgaria's inclusion in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. The US diplomat welcomed the progress made in meeting the criteria for inclusion in the program and expressed readiness to continue the good cooperation in this regard.
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