Nieuwe gaspijpleiding between Bulgaria and Greece operations | Buitenland

In Bulgaria there is a new gas connection with Greece in use. The pijpleiding cadres in Europese spaningen om onafhankelijk te been of Russian energy.

“Vandaag begins a new project for Bulgaria in South-Eastern Europe,” said Ursula von der Leyen van de Europese Commissie op de openingsceremonie in de Bulgararse hoofdstad Sofia. According to von der Leyen, there is a plea for a “game changer for Bulgaria and for energy benefits in Europe” and it is said that “a change in the availability of Russian gas”.

Bulgarije voerde op een bepaald moment tot 80 percent van zijn gas uit Rusland in. The 182 kilometer long pijpleiding tussen de Griekse stad Komotini and Stara Zagora in the center of Bulgarije connects the country with the trans-Adriatic pijpleiding. It brings gas from Azerbeidzjan via Turkije to Greece and Italy.

Ursula von der Leyen on the official ceremony for the engineering name of the New Year between Greece and Bulgaria. © AFP

The pijpleiding between Bulgaria and Greece has a capacity of three tot vijf million cubic meters of gas per year. From the Leyen onderstreepte dat de new connection can instaan ​​voor total Bulgaarse gas consumption. On the project, the first step will be funded with Europe, it will be done in 2009.

“The strategic joint work between Bulgaria and Greece can ensure stability in the region,” said the President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. Op de openingsceremonie were also the Presidents of Azerbeidzjan, North Macedonia and Servië and the Premiers of Greece and Roemenië aanwezig.

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