(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21. The US and
Azerbaijan will secure the supply of almost 100 percent of
Bulgaria's gas needs in 2024, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
said during his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias,
trend reports via
the State Department.
According to Blinken, the newly constructed Interconnector
Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) is allowing Bulgaria to diversify its
supplies and shift from Russian gas.
'In the next year, Bulgaria will import nearly 100 percent of
its domestic gas needs from Azerbaijan and the United States as a
result of this Interconnector,' he said.
IGB became operational on October 1, 2022. Since the beginning
of the current heating season, the IGB provides nearly 1/3 of the
winter consumption of natural gas in Bulgaria. IGB is the first
route for diversified supplies of natural gas to Bulgaria,
guaranteeing increased security of supply and diversity of sources,
contributing significantly to the competition in the natural gas
market, which is a prerequisite for optimized prices for businesses
and domestic consumers in the country.
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