Leaders of Bulgaria and Greece on Monday discussed bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, with an emphasis on reducing their reliance on Russian gas through the speedy completion of a key gas interconnector linking the neighboring countries, ANA reports.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who is the first European leader to visit Bulgaria since the formation of a new government there met with his Bulgarian counterpart, Kiril Petkov, and the country’s president, Rumen Radev.
“The project is of strategic importance for Bulgaria and Greece and the two countries have already agreed to complete it as quickly as possible,” Mitsotakis stressed after the meeting.
The interconnector is important for Bulgaria because it would mark the first break of the Russian monopoly on the Bulgarian gas market. It will link to a pipeline that transits Azerbaijani gas from Greece to Italy.
Bulgaria already has an agreement with Azerbaijan to import annually one billion cubic meters of gas, or nearly one-third of its consumption.
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