site.btaPresident Radev to Host Ceremony for Official Commissioning of Greece-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector

On October 1, President Rumen Radev will host a ceremony for the official commissioning of the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector. The event is scheduled for 11:00 at the NDK convention centre in Sofia, said the President's Press Secretariat Thursday.

The interconnector is of strategic importance for Southeast Europe and provides an opportunity for real energy diversification of natural gas suppliers to the region. The interconnector provides Bulgaria with direct access to the Southern Gas Corridor and natural gas supplies via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and in the near future from the liquefied natural gas terminal near Alexandroupolis.

The ceremony will be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, of the Republic of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, of Romania Nicolae Ciuca, of Bulgaria Galab Donev, as well as the CEOs of project company ICGB, Teodora Georgieva and George Satlas. 

During the day, President Radev will have bilateral meetings with the leads of the attending delegations.