Bulgaria to hold talks with Gazprom Export on gas supplies

Bulgaria will hold talks with Gazprom Export on gas supplies, Minister of Energy of the technical government of the country Rosen Hristov said August 22 at a briefing following the meeting of the crisis headquarters, which solves problems in the energy sector, Report informs referring to TASS.

"Bulgarian businesses will not be able to cope with the high price of gas, which in practice makes negotiations with Gazprom Export to resume gas supplies under the current agreement inevitable," Hristov said, suggesting that reaching an agreement would be difficult.

He added that negotiations on additional gas supplies will also be held with Azerbaijani gas companies.