Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jahun Bayramov, following a meeting with Bulgarian Foreign Minister, theodore Genchovskaya, said Bulgaria would begin to receive Azerbaijani gas through the Greece-Bolgaria interponnector (IGB).
“Azerbaijan will supply gas to Bulgaria for 25 years, as previously agreed between the two countries. Today, Bulgaria is one of the three recipients of Azerbaijani gas in Europe. We are sure that in the near future the construction of the interconnector with Greece will be completed, and Bulgaria will begin to receive Azerbaijani gas through it. This will make a great contribution to the energy security of Bulgaria, ”said the head of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan.
Note that earlier Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov said, the country will be able to receive gas from Azerbaijan in full from July 1, regardless of the construction of an inter-system gas pipeline with Greece.
The supply of Azerbaijani gas to Europe (Italy, Greece and Bulgaria) began on December 31, 2020 at the TAP gas pipeline. However, due to the lack of interconnector, the volume of supply of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria was 4 times less planned.