US will boost military aid to Bulgaria after the Washington trip of the country's Prime Minster Simeon Saxe-Coburg. Bulgaria's Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov who attended the meeting of the prime minister with George W Bush on Tuesday broke the news in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio. Bulgaria's national security will be guaranteed in case of war against Iraq, it emerged after the meeting of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and US President Bush in the White House on Tuesday. "Bulgaria will receive guarantees for its national security as a NATO member and some additional ones," Saxe-Coburg said. The United States stands behind its friends, the prime minister also said after the fifty-minutes meeting. Apart from Defense Minister Svinarov, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy, UN envoy Stefan Tafrov and Bulgaria's US Ambassador Elena Poptodorova attended the high-profile talks. US National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice was also present