European Union energy chief Maros Sefcovic has backed the idea of Prime
Minister Boyko Borisov to turn Bulgaria into a gas hub for EU
countries.
Sefcovic, the European Commission’s vice president for energy union,
and Miguel Arias Canete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, met
with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav
Donchev in Brussels on January 12.
The key points on the agenda of Monday’s meeting were the current
energy challenges in Bulgaria, gas infrastructure development priorities
for Central and South Eastern Europe, and their potential impact for
European Union security of energy supplies, according to the press
office of the European Commission.
Bulgaria confirmed its commitment to building an Energy Union aiming at
affordable, secure, renewable and sustainable energy for all.
The participants in the meeting reached agreement on the necessity to
increase integration of the region and most importantly, provide real
diversification of gas supplies to the region and notably Bulgaria.
They agreed to create a High Level Working Group tasked with advancing
the most important cross-border diversification projects in the region.
The participants in Monday’s meeting decided that the new entity was to
start functioning without delay, launching an analysis of the energy
situation in the region and the potential impact of the creation of a
gas hub in Bulgaria.
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