Bulgaria: There are No Guaranteed Quantities of Natural Gas for October

"Things with the interconnector to Greece are under control, the whole country has been mobilized. A lot of time has been wasted, in which nothing has really been done," said at a briefing Hristo Alexiev, Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policies and Minister of Transport and Communications, Chairman of the Crisis Staff.

According to him, the stabilization of "Bulgargaz" is important.

"Whatever supplies we want to provide, they must be paid for, in advance. We must provide the necessary quantities of gas for the population and for businesses at good, affordable prices. For September, there are secured quantities of gas, from October onwards there are none", added Hristo Alexiev.

He explained that decisions related to the price should be made by the end of August, beginning of September.

"Gas, provided at any price, does not work for business and the population. There is no way there can be compensation at the moment because there is no functioning National Assembly", said Hristo Alexiev.

"Obviously, we will have to negotiate with Gazprom, but these will be very difficult talks. The ministry has prepared various options for talks, but they expect a response from Gazprom. The interconnector was left unattended by the previous administration, a number of problems accumulated there related to construction and documentation, we found complete chaos and management that did not help to solve the problem. 'Toplofikatsia Sofia' (Heating Systems Sofia) owes hundreds of millions to 'Bulgargaz' and there is no way that this will end under the current management, on the contrary, the owed money are expected to grow by 300 million per month," said Energy Minister Rosen Hristov.

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