We are reaching out to Bulgaria at a time when Russia has slammed its doors on it. This was what US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Dr. Karen Donfried, said in her speech at the Business Breakfast of the American Chamber of Commerce.

Karen Donfried has worked both in the public sector and outside it. She was the president of the German Marshall Fund and worked for the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff. She worked at the National Security Council as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs and has extensive experience, U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa said.