site.btaCaretaker Energy Minister Malinov to Pay Working Visit to US

Caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov will pay a working visit to the United States next week, his Ministry said here on Sunday. The visit will focus on building on the cooperation between the two countries to ensure energy security.

The first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the two countries for cooperation on the project for the construction of nuclear power facility at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant site and Bulgaria's civil nuclear programme will be held in Washington. During the visit, Malinov will meet with US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt. He is also scheduled to meet with the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the US Department of Energy, Andrew Light. 

Malinov will hold talks with representatives of financing institutions such as the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (U.S. DFC), as well as with the U.S. federal export credit agency EXIM Bank to discuss opportunities for participation in the implementation of projects in the Bulgarian energy sector.