Rumen Radev: "Azerbaijan is ready to discuss additional gas supply to Bulgaria"

Azerbaijan is fully ready to discuss the issue of additional supplies of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev told reporters in Brussels, Report informs, referring to foreign media.

"However, it is important for us to have this gas link between Bulgaria and Greece, which we have been waiting for to be constructed for 10 years. We have spoken with Greek PM Mitsotakis, who will visit Bulgaria on Monday. We hope that this important issue would be resolved next year," Radev said.

The IGB is designed to transport blue fuel from Shah Deniz 2 to Bulgaria. Through this pipeline, which will join TAP, Bulgaria will import 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year from Azerbaijan. Thus, the state company Bulgargaz EAD has signed a contract with the Shah Deniz consortium to purchase this amount of gas from the Shah Deniz-2 field. Azerbaijan will be able to meet 25-30% of Bulgaria's gas needs. Construction work on the IGB is expected to be completed in the second half of next year.