Bulgarian parliamentarians have found out that Bulgaria has lost a plan to develop the country’s gas infrastructure. This became clear after a statement by Energy Minister Andriy Zhivkov. It was also found out that Gazprom may have a duplicate. The Bulgarian People’s Assembly has decided to oblige Bulgartransgaz to apply to the Russian gas monopoly for a copy of Bulgaria’s gas infrastructure development plan, which includes a project to extend the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, called Balkan Stream.
A letter will be sent to Gazprom, the wording of which is being clarified. Deputies took two weeks to carry out this order. The decision was made at the suggestion of Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy Martin Dimitrov.
Initially, it was proposed to send a letter on behalf of the commission to the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Nikolai Shulginov with a request to provide a copy of the current plan and all annexes to the document.
“It would be foolish to announce that we have lost our documents. I don’t want to imagine how they will mock us if this letter falls into unfriendly hands, “Stanislav Anastasov, a State Traffic Police deputy, commented on the situation. His GERB counterpart, Zhecho Stankov, who was deputy energy minister, also believes the country will be discredited.
As a result, at the suggestion of the BSP, the addressee of the letter was changed, and the parliamentarians decided that they would be Bulgartransgaz, which would be obliged to provide the parliamentary commission with a plan for the development of the country’s gas transportation infrastructure. And if it is not found (and it certainly will not be found), the company, not the government agency, which is not so ashamed, will invite copies of lost documents to Gazprom.
Source: “Russian Bulgaria”