BULGARIA’S BORISOV REASSURES OVER TURKSTREAM CONSTRUCTION

25 September 2020

SOURCE: GOVERNMENT.BG

BULGARIA’S BORISOV REASSURES OVER TURKSTREAM CONSTRUCTION

There will be no new delays in building the key section of Russia’s TurkStream gas pipeline, Bulgarian officials have informed. Whilst inspecting the construction site of Bulgaria’s string of the gas link, the country’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that the pipeline would start energy flows by the end of the year in what would pave Moscow’s way for Serbian and Hungarian energy markets.

The TurkStream gas link runs from Russia to Turkey along the Black Sea, and further into the Balkans. Its first line transmitting gas commodities to Turkey was opened in January whilst Gazprom plans to send its gas to the Balkans and Central Europe through the second string. Bulgaria’s 470-kilometer string of the TurkStream pipeline stretches between the country’s borders with Turkey and Serbia. Initial timetables anticipated the project to be completed by late May 2020. A fuss over selecting a contractor caused considerable