The head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov signed an agreement on the restoration of the "Nabucco" project, involving the transportation of Azerbaijani gas to the European Union, the media says. "We want the Nabucco project, but rather, part of it passing through Bulgaria, was thawed.... Today We shared with Mr. Aliyev will present to the European Commission a project to revive the project "Nabucco," said Borisov after talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, reports haqqin. Az." Bulgaria may not play a role brakes projects, it will serve the interests of the European Commission. In the current conditions of the Nabucco project fully meets the interests of NATO and the EU, and over the years We have invested in this project, " said Borisov." Nabucco " - unrealised gas pipeline with a length of 3 thousand 300 kilometers from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to the EU, most importantly Austria and Germany. Design capacity 26-32 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Predicted Price of the project 7, 9 billion euros, later appeared evaluation 14 billion euros. In the consortium for the construction of the pipeline was part of the organization OMV Gas GmbH (Austria), Botas (Turkey), Bulgargaz (Bulgaria), S. N. T. G. N. Transgaz S.A.(Romania). Project preparation was carried out in 2002. Timing of completion of the project many times have moved on. June 28, 2013 it was announced that the Nabucco project is closed. The name of the pipeline occurred from the Opera of Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" (in the name of king Nebuchadnezzar II). Vice-President of the Commission on energenius Maros Sefcovic 14 January said that the Russian party informed the EC about the intention to redirect the gas coming into the European Union through Ukraine, on the new pipe in Turkey. On the same day, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the project " South stream is closed, for Europe there are no other options for removing the risks of transit through Ukraine, in addition to the new pipeline to the Turkish stream. Remember, the 1st of December the head of centuries Putin said that the Russian Federation may not in current conditions to continue implementation of the " South stream ". Instead Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the construction of an offshore pipeline in Turkey. It is planned that the Russian Federation will supply energy in Turkey, which will sell gas from Russia to the countries concerned.
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