Focus: South Stream realisation to continue only if in line with EU rules: Bulgaria PM
"One of the important aspects of the energy security on the continent as a whole, we are a country heavily dependent on a single supplier of natural gas. I informed the U.S. senators with our efforts in the last year, and before that, for the diversification of gas supply and the priority that we place on the southern gas corridor Shah Deniz.” That is what Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said after a meeting with Senators in the U.S. Congress, John McCain, Ron Johnson and Christopher Murphy, a reporter of FOCUS News Agency announced.
"We discussed the South Stream issue and the issue with the requests from the European Commission on the procedures of the European legislation. I pointed out that the realization of the project will continue only after removing any observations of Brussels and after we specify its further implementation," PM Oresharski added.
Asked whether companies involved in the construction of South Stream gas pipeline project will receive sanctions and what would be the penalty, Oresharski explained: "We have a request from the European Commission. The course of the further work is depending on the consultations with Brussels. Oresharski said he did not know whether the contracts could become public as they are signed between private companies.