The Minister of Defence Awarded a Honorary Plaque to the Rector and Participated in Round-Table Conference on the Contemporary Security Issues

The Minister of Defence Dragomir Zakov visited the UNWE. He met with the Rector Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov and participated in a Round-Table Conference on the Contemporary Security Issues. Minister Zakov who is a graduate of UNWE awarded to Prof. Dimitrov a Honorary Plaque of the Minister of Defence and wrote a dedication in the Golden Book of the University.

"Dear Prof. Dimitrov,

The Round-Table Conference was organized by the Department of National and Regional Security at UNWE.

The Rector Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov welcomed the participants in the Round-Table Conference and outlined that the UNWE is proud of the fact that its graduate heads the defence of the Republic of Bulgaria. He pointed out that the Department of National and Regional Security has specialties in the field of economics of defence and security, corporate security, cybersecurity, nuclear security. The UNWE and the Ministry have a tradition and have cooperated over the years and it is good to continue this partnership by renewing the Memorandum of Cooperation between both institutions", said Prof. Dimitrov.

Dragomir Zakov promised his help and expertise as well as that of his team if the UNWE decides to educate students in cybersecurity. It was in response to the question whether experts from the ministry could be relied on which was addressed to the Minister by the Vice-Rector for Digitalization and Cybersecurity Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosen Kirillov.