On the eve of his visit to Bulgaria, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview to Bulgarian newspaper Trud, Russian government’s website reports.
According to the Prime Minister, the two countries “Have been cooperating in energy for almost half a century. Much depends now on such large-scale projects as the Belene nuclear power plant, and the second line of the TurkStream gas pipeline. Bulgartransgaz has recently completed the open season procedure – the collection of binding bids to reserve future gas transmission capacities. Also, Bulgartransgaz has made the final investment decision on the project to develop and expand its gas transmission system.”
Dmitry Medvedev expressed his confidence that “The construction of another gas corridor will further enhance energy security in Europe. With the current policy of liberalizing the gas market, it will be possible to use the existing infrastructure more flexibly depending on obligations, market conditions, transportation costs and other market factors.” Yet he stressed, “The new line should not suffer the fate of South Stream.”