BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. Bulgaria will
proceed purchasing for further gas from Azerbaijan, and facilitating
infrastructure enchancment, so Azerbaijan could develop right into a useful
energy supplier to Europe, ex-President of Bulgaria Rosen
Plevneliev knowledgeable Trend on the sidelines of the IX Global Baku
Forum.
According to Plevneliev, after Russia’s Gazprom has decrease gas
deliveries to Bulgaria, seven million people are literally left in
instability.
“Luckily, Bulgaria is a member of the EU. We have constructed
interconnectors with Greece, Turkey, and Romania. And now, we’re
additionally very pleased for our partnership with Azerbaijan,” he said.
As the ex-president well-known, it was him throughout the office, when the
contract on Bulgaria’s purchase of 1 billion cubic meters of gas
from Azerbaijan was signed.
“Those deliveries are beginning now. So, in a second of disaster
Azerbaijan helps us. We are very happy with our friendship and
strategic partnership with Azerbaijan,” Plevneliev added.
The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) has already started
verify gas offers. The interconnector with Greece is a totally
new route for the transmission of pure gas to Europe and might
give Bulgaria and the world entry to offers from new sources.
The problem will be part of the nation with the Southern Gas Corridor
and has fantastic synergy with totally different fundamental energy initiatives akin to
TAP, TANAP, EastMed and the LNG terminal at Alexandroupolis.
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