He and Bush met after an official welcoming ceremony and wreath laying at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in downtown Sofia, where the US president also greeted Bulgarian soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On i Buš takođe su se sastali posle svečanog dočeka i polaganja venca na Spomenik neznanom junaku u centru Sofije, gde je američki predsednik takođe pozdravio bugarske vojnike koji su služili u Iraku i Avganistanu.