Mihajlovic: Gas Interconnection with Bulgaria to Be Completed by September 2023

The deputy prime minister and minister of mining and energy of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic, stated today in Sofia that the construction of the gas interconnection with Bulgaria would be completed by September 2023.

– The works on our side began in January, and the agreement on the works on the Bulgarian side was signed today, whereby the construction of the interconnection will be accelerated. That is a priority for Serbia, because, with the completion of that project, we will get the option of getting gas supplies from the LNG terminal in Greece or from Azerbaijan – said Mihajlovic, who attended, together with the Bulgarian energy minister, Alexander Nikolov, the signing of the agreement between Bulgartransgaz and DZZD International Gas on the designing, the delivery of the necessary materials and equipment, the construction and commissioning of the interconnection in the Bulgarian territory.

In Sofia, Mihajlovic took part in the meeting “Southeast Energy Transition – Regional Cooperation for Energy Security, Diversification and Transition”, together with the energy ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Turkey, as well as representatives of the European Commission and the Energy Community.

– I talked to the Turkish deputy minister of energy about free capacities for us in the TurkStream and with the Azerbaijani minister about gas supplies from that country, but also about the development of new technologies, primarily when it comes to hydrogen – she said.

There was talk at the meeting about filling the storage facilities before the beginning of the winter season and the acceleration of the decarbonization of the energy sector, as well as the need for joint action in the case of additional disturbances, cooperation and solidarity, said the deputy prime minister of Serbia.

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Ministry of Energy of Serbia

Ministry of Energy of Bulgaria

DZZD International Gas

Bulgartransgaz

Zorana Mihajlovic

Alexander Nikolov

TurkStream

gas interconnector with Bulgaria

LNG terminal in Greece

gas from Azerbaijan

supply diversification

hydrogen