site.btaSofia to Host Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation for Energy Security

Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov will host an international ministerial round table here on Thursday dedicated to energy security cooperation in the region, diversification, and green transition, Nikolov's Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The forum at Boyana Residence will be attended by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Finance Minister Assen Vassilev, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas, Romanian Energy Minister Virgil Daniel Popescu, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Mining and Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlovic, Macedonian Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar.  The head of the Directorate-General for Energy with the European Commission, Ditte Juul Jorgensen, will also be among the participants.

The topics on the agenda are the challenges facing the energy industry after several crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the spike in energy carrier prices, the uncertainty in gas supplies caused by the war in Ukraine, the future of energy markets in the region, and decarbonization. The forum will also discuss founding the first regional working group as part of the EU Energy Purchase Platform.

Minister Nikolov will brief the media on the results after the meeting.