Yesterday (22.07.2024) at the Central Military Club the conference “NATO at 75: Ensuring Security and Economic Prosperity” was held, organized by the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, the Union of Reserve Officers “Atlantic” and the U.S. Embassy Sofia
The conference focused on lessons learned from the NATO Summit (Washington, July 9-11,2024), which also marked the 75th anniversary of NATO and Ukraine as a milestone of freedom.
Participating in the discussion were:
- Dr. Solomon Passy, President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria
- Mr. Atanas Zapryanov, Minister of Defence
- Н. Atanas Zasryanov, Atanas Zasryanov, President of the Republic of Belarus. Mr. Kenneth Merten, Ambassador of the United States of America in Bulgaria
- Dimitar Glavchev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Acad. Nikolay Denkov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Mr. Daniel Mitov, Member of Parliament and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation to the NATO PA
- Denis McShane, UK Minister of State for Europe and North America (2002-2005) (online)
- Ambassador Elena Poptodorova, Vice-President of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria
The conference brought together the country’s political, diplomatic and military elite and many young people excited about the future of Bulgaria, Europe and the world.
We are grateful to Vazovski Machine-Building Plants, Glavbolgarstroy, Geotechmin and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgarien who supported us in the realization of the event.
The recording of the conference you can watch HERE.
The Speech of H.E. Kenneth Merten you can find HERE.