Georg Domizlaff, Europe`s regional director of British American Tobacco confirmed that BAT is interested in the coming privatization of Bulgartabac Holding, Bulgaria`s state-owned tobacco cigarette maker. He talked about that with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev. At the meetings the representative of the international tobacco company also discussed with the Bulgarian officials the economic perspectives and business possibilities in Bulgaria. BAT is one of the two largest tobacco companies in the world, having leading postions in more than 50 countries and 15% world market share.