President Rumen Radev held a meeting with Helmut Rauch, CEO of Diehl Defence, a German company specialising in defence production. The company participates in the modernisation process of the Bulgarian army within the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI). During the talks, the Head of State raised the issue of the opportunities for expanding the partnership with the German company in the field of industrial cooperation and technology transfer. German Ambassador to Bulgaria, H. E. Irene Plank, also took part in the meeting.