09.05.2013

The Minister of Finance Kalin Hristov will be chairing the 22^nd Annual Meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). It will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 and 11 May 2013. Mr. Kalin Hristov is a Governor for Bulgaria to the financial institution and a Chair of the Board of Governors after the Bulgarian Governor was elected for this position in 2012.

During the Annual Meeting Mr. Kalin Hristov will be having bilateral meetings with the EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti, with the Bank\'s Chief Economist Erik Berglof and with the Vice President of the European Investment Bank Wilhelm Molterer. The Finance Minister will be chairing the opening and the closing meeting of the forum which is expected to take decisions about the financial institution\'s activity.

The Bulgarian delegation will also consist of Mr. Dimitar Kostov, Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and Alternate Governor for Bulgaria to EBRD, Mrs. Stefka Slavova, Director for Bulgaria to EBRD, Mrs. Zhenya Dinkova, Director of International Financial Institutions and Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of Finance and Mr. Alexander Velev, Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Istanbul.