Acting US Ambassador McDowell observes NATO exercise in Montana

The Civil Protection Training Centre in Montana is currently hosting an international NATO exercise with around 1,200 participants from over 40 countries and organisations worldwide. Acting US Ambassador McDowell visited the training ground and met participants in the exercise, as reported by BNR correspondent Lyubo Andreev.

H.E. Mr McDowell, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Sofia, was received by Montana’s mayor, Zlatko Zhivkov. Mr Zhivkov briefed the diplomat on the region's economic characteristics and noted that the city has maintained contacts with the United States in various fields for many years.

The mayor presented the ambassador with a gift: a painting of a river landscape in the northwest by artist Venelin Zahariev.