The pure fuel take care of Bulgaria is a step ahead in
Türkiye’s efforts to develop into an vitality hub, Energy Minister Fatih
Donmez has stated, Trend experiences citing Daily
News.
“With this settlement, pure fuel may very well be transmitted not solely
to Bulgaria however different international locations through Bulgaria,” Donmez added.
On Jan. 3, Türkiye and Bulgaria signed an settlement for the
transmission of as much as 1.5 billion cubic meters of pure fuel a
yr. The new deal covers a 13-year interval.
Donmez traveled to the Bulgarian capital Sofia to attend the
signing ceremony. The fuel deal was inked between the 2 international locations
by the overall managers of the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Company
and Bulgargaz.
“The deal means nearly 20 billion cubic meters of fuel commerce in
13 years. We may also have the ability to present service to all European
international locations through Bulgaria,” Donmez stated.
The minister recalled that the pure fuel settlement was signed
solely three weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his
Bulgarian counterpart, Rumen Radev, in Istanbul.
Türkiye has been working over the previous years to place itself
as an vitality hub, Donmez stated.
“We have plans to determine a pure fuel commerce middle. We have
largely accomplished our bodily infrastructure for this initiative.
The deal [with Bulgaria] implies that we’re reaping the primary fruits
of those efforts.”
Donmez reminded the vitality cooperation between Türkiye and
Bulgaria has a protracted historical past. “Türkiye obtained the primary pure
fuel through Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. This pipeline has been
offline over the previous two years. Now the course of fuel circulation will
reverse,” the minister stated.