The new member of the Bulgaria Caucus in the U.S. Congress is Congressman Brian Babin, a Republican representing the state of Texas. The congressman accepted the invitation to join the Caucus during a meeting with the Bulgarian Ambassador to the U.S., Georgi Panayotov. Brian Babin is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Senator Ted Cruz of the Republican Party has represented the state of Texas in the US Senate since 2013. He was re-elected once again in 2024 with nearly 6 million votes. With a population of over 29 million people, Texas has the second-largest economy in the US, with a GDP of $2.66 trillion. If Texas were an independent country, it would be the sixth-largest oil producer in the world.

Ambassador Panayotov held a meeting with Congresswoman Young Kim, representing the state of California. Congresswoman Kim is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, the House Financial Services Committee, and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Energy security was the central topic of the conversation between Ambassador Georgi Panayotov and Julie Johnson, a member of the U.S. Congress representing the state of Texas. Texas has the second-largest economy among all U.S. states, with a gross domestic product exceeding $2.7 trillion, surpassing the GDP of Canada, South Korea, Australia, and Russia. The state is the largest energy producer in the U.S., with annual oil and gas exports amounting to $140 billion. Julie Johnson is a member of both House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Homeland Security Committee.

Ambassador Georgi Panayotov met with Congresswoman Sheri Biggs, a member of the U.S. Congress from the Republican Party, representing the state of South Carolina. Congresswoman Biggs is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Homeland Security Committee, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. A Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, Congresswoman Biggs has multiple deployments to Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Afghanistan. The Congresswoman and the Ambassador exchanged memories from Afghanistan, where they discovered they had been present at the same time.

Ambassador Georgi Panayotov participated in a roundtable discussion “From Sea to Shining Seas: The Untapped potential of the 3 Seas Initiative”. The event took place within the framework of the Delphi Economic Forum and was co-organized by the Atlantic Council.

Ambassador Georgi Panayotov was honored to be a guest speaker at the Foreign Service Institute - FSI, the U.S. government’s primary training institution for Foreign Service officers. He was invited to share insights on Bulgaria-U.S. relations and Bulgaria’s role in regional and transatlantic security.

The Embassy of Bulgaria in the USA hosted a reception marking the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of implementing a large-scale project, coordinated in advance with all responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the EU, including the implementation and launch of a new version of the National Visa Information System (NVIS).

Ambassador Georgi Panayotov and the renowned Bulgarian harpist Professor Suzanna Klintcharova visited the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at the Library of Congress. The visit was facilitated by Boyko Antonov, Business Analyst at the Library.