Bulgaria's outgoing foreign minister presented his legendary trabant to the National Historic Museum.

Foreign Minister Solomon Passy well-known for his NATO dream and his trabant became the first to receive the coveted invitation to join NATO.

Bozhidar Dimitrov, director of the museum, explained that the special trabant is now placed between the destroyers in Boyana's yard. I decided that the car is not only worthy because it was a symbol of Bulgaria's NATO dream but also because these cars are no longer produced, the museum director said.

The famous trabant, in bygone times East Europe's best-known transporter, has given rides to five of NATO Secretary Generals over the years.

Manfred Woerner, was driven around the capital in June 1991-when the Bulgarian Parliament resolved to pursue NATO membership. Woerner's driver was Solomon Passy, the chairman of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, a non-governmental organization formed in 1990 to lobby for NATO membership.

Years later in 2004 Minister Passy gave a ride with his trabant to current NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

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