Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Assen Vassilev is on a visit to Washington DC, together with Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov and managers from Kozloduy NPP, Bulgargaz and Bulgartransgaz.

They are to hold meetings at the White House, the State Department, the Departments of Commerce and of Energy, the Department of Development Finance, the Export-Import Bank of the United States etc.  

The Bulgarian delegation is to hold talks in the sphere of energy, technologies and climate change. A meeting with American businesses is also on the agenda, organized by the US Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, as well as the American-Central European Business Association and the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy.