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The U.S. welcomes Bulgaria's defense modernization plans and looks forward to the country's imminent selection of a new multi-role fighter aircraft, a press statement of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo published on the website of the US Department of State reads, quoted  by the Bulgarian National Radio.

The US State Department announced it is targeting three senior members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following a visit of a US official to Ankara on Tuesday.

The abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, Ephraim, was in Washington on Monday, where he met with Eugene Fishel, division chief of the US Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and special adviser to Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary for Europe.

Deputy Prime Minister for implementing Romania's strategic partnerships Ana Birchall met on Monday in Washington with Secretary of State of the US Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Energy of the US Rick Perry, occasion on which she conveyed the commitment of the Government in Bucharest for deepening and developing the Strategic Partnership between the US and Romania.

The leader of the National Liberal party (PNL) Ludovic Orban is calling for the resignation of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as chairman of the Senate, claiming that Tariceanu has seriously damaged Romania by its positions against European institutions.

Unresolved land disputes, property restitution claims and problems with registering new religious denominations are some of the faith-related problems that the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, published by the US Department of State on Tuesday, noted in the Balkan region.

At the 21st ministerial meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the CARICOM Caribbean Community held in Nassau, Bahamas, Romania's Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall delivered the Romanian Government's strong support for the country's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

Representatives of Romanian ministries and agencies, the Cabinet of the Deputy PM for Implementing Strategic Partnerships, as well as representatives of the US Department of State and the US Embassy discussed in Bucharest on Friday, at the Intermediary meeting of the Romania-US Strategic Partnership, about the stage of bilateral cooperation and exchanged information about Romanian and US polici

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday welcomed at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace the defence ministers and heads of ministerial delegations from the nine member states on NATO's eastern flank, voicing conviction that the NATO summit this July will be a milestone in adjusting the Alliance for the current security challenges and threats.

It is organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Brnabic will participate in a panel discussion of the prime ministers of the Western Balkans and in a panel on regional integration, where she will speak about the digital agenda for the Western Balkans region.