Bulgaria will postpone the implementation of increased tariffs on the transit of Russian gas for the sake of joining Schengen. Focus agency reports this.
The cancellation of the interest rates was announced by the leaders of the parties representing the country’s coalition government.
“We are very close to Schengen” <…> Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, leader of the GERB party, said in his speech in parliament that we should not miss this chance because of wages.
Another former prime minister, Kiril Petkov, leader of the PP-DB bloc (parties “Continue Change” and “Democratic Bulgaria”), announced that Bulgaria is postponing the implementation of its plan to impose “punitive excise taxes” on Russian gas. According to him, joint work with the European Commission in this direction continues and will be activated when the necessary mechanism emerges.
The other day, Azerbaijan talked about the volume of gas supplies to Bulgaria. President Ilham Aliyev at the opening ceremony of the gas interconnector statedIt is stated that the export of Azerbaijani fuel to Bulgaria in 2023 will be approximately 1 billion cubic meters.
Previously Novak statedIt is necessary to examine Iran’s proposal to establish a gas center.