Bulgaria Foreign Minister Sets out to Seek US Energy Investors

Politics » DIPLOMACY | November 22, 2009, Sunday // 17:46
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Foreign Minister Sets out to Seek US Energy Investors Minister Rumiana Jeleva is meeting Hillary Clinton on Monday, November 23, 2009. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, has left for an official visit to the USA, where is she is going to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday, November 23.

Jeleva is going to invite US energy companies to invest in the large-scale energy projects in Bulgaria, including the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, and is going to inform Clinton about the progress of the fight against corruption and organized crime of the GERB cabinet, the government press service announced.

Last week the US Embassy in Sofia announced it expected that energy security would top the agenda of the Bulgarian Foreign Minister in Washington, DC.

In addition to the State Department, Jeleva is also going to have meetings with officials at the White House and the US Congress. She will give a lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center and will participate in a discussion at the European Institute in Washington.

Jeleva is also going to meet with representatives of the Bulgarian community from the DC area, the government press service said.

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