Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov during his visit to Belgrade on Tuesday met with Serbian PM Ana Brnabić and President Aleksandar Vučić and discussed issues related to energy cooperation, gas connectivity infrastructure as well as the initiative for common natural gas and energy market, MIA’s Belgrade correspondent reported.
There is great potential to create a single market for gas trade between Bulgaria, Serbia, RNM and Greece, Petkov said, writes www.novinite.com.
The section of the highway between Nis and Dimitrovgrad is becoming a top priority for our country. Additional road links between the two countries were also discussed.
“At the same time, we discussed the possibility of bringing together the brains of both countries – startups, starting companies in the IT sector to be able to work together,” said Kiril Petkov.
Meetings between ministers from both countries are planned, with the main task being to eliminate local corruption and e-government to be among the top priorities.
“Serbia’s European integration is a huge priority for us, so in us, you have not only friends but also a really supportive partner,” Petkov told Brnabic.
There was also talk of common tourist trails to unite the tourist offerings in Bulgaria and Serbia, possible connections Belgrade-Burgas, Belgrade-Varna.
Consumption volumes from across the region need to be pooled so that we can negotiate better prices.
The capacity to build common facilities, including potential co-investments in the nuclear field, was discussed.
“Especially if Bulgaria manages to make the next project in Kozloduy, it would be good to separate the risk from such a project.”
The de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine must be done through diplomacy, the two prime ministers are adamant.
“Hoping that international law will be respected by all parties to the conflict, in this case, we hope that the Russian Federation will respect international law because this is important for stability in the region,” said the prime minister.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister has already met with Serbian President Alexander Vucic. The program of Kiril Petkov also includes a meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly Ivica Dacic.
The main topics of discussion are the European integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans, bilateral relations, energy cooperation, infrastructure and economic issues of common interest.
