Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Industry Bogdan Bogdanov and Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry Nikolay Pavlov.  The meeting emphasized opportunities to deepen bilateral and commercial ties across energy and civil nuclear technologies, the digital economy, strategic infrastructure, and space commerce. The Deputy Secretary, Minister of Economy and Industry, and Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry also discussed Bulgaria’s efforts to combat corruption, strengthen intellectual property rights and investment screening, and ongoing U.S.-EU policy collaboration on matters of cybersecurity and AI. The Deputy Secretary thanked the delegation for Bulgaria’s steadfast support for Ukraine in response to Russia’s war of aggression.