The Prime Minister of Bulgaria gave the order to stop for a while, work on South stream

Prime Minister of Bulgaria Plamen Oresharski gave the order to stop for some time in the framework of the project on construction of gas pipeline South stream to provide the possibility of consultations with the European Commission, informs on Sunday the magazine novinite. Bg.

South stream is being built to supply gas from Russia to the countries of southern and Central Europe bypassing Ukraine. The EC believes that bilateral treaties of the Russian Federation with the European transit countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovenia - are breaking the law by the EU. Russia, for its part, the beginning of the procedure in the WTO in connection with the application of EU measures, the so-called 3rd energy package, according to which owners located in the area of trunk pipelines do not have the opportunity to be the organizations that are engaged in natural gas production.

in early summer the European Commission has made a proposal to stop for a while construction of the gas pipeline " South stream " as long as long as he will not comply with the rules of the 3rd energy package.

" There is a request from the European Commission, and we stop the further work on the project because of this request, and depending on consultations with Brussels will be considered, " the magazine quoted the words of the Prime Minister.

The message came after negotiations with the delegation of us senators, among whom was the Republican Senator John Sidney McCain. American senators visited Bulgaria this weekend as part of a tour to Eastern Europe.

before an official authorized by the EC said that the European Commission has sent Bulgaria notification of non-compliance with the EU during the competition at the choice of the Builder and operator of the Bulgarian section of the pipeline.


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