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Serbia's foreign minister and first deputy PM, Ivica Dacic, has met with the new U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.

Dacic, who was in Washington DC for the National Prayer Breakfast, spoke with Tillerson during the event, inviting him to visit Serbia.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as U.S. President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Feb. 1, filling a key spot on the Republican's national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer's ties to Russia.

Tillerson was later in the same day sworn in. 

The new US ambassador to Bulgaria, Eric Rubin, arrived in Sofia on Wednesday with his wife Nicole Simmons.

One of his first tasks was to greet the followers of the embassy's Twitter account.

Rubin also appeared in a short video, greeting the Bulgarian people and expressing his desire to work towards a strong and productive partnership between Bulgaria and the United States.

The Senate confirmed on Wednesdy Eric Seth Rubin as the new US ambassador to Bulgaria.

This was announced by the US embassy in Sofia in its Facebook profile.

The hearing of the nominee before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was held on December 2., with US President Barack Obama having appointed Rubin in September.